Job Title: Lab Assistant
Job Duration: 3+ months
Job Location: 4770 REGENT BLVD, Irving TX 75063
Shift Hours: Mon - Fri, 11pm - 7am

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Job Summary

Perform the daily activities as described below.

Basic Purpose: Perform various routine laboratory functions in a precise and accurate fashion to assist the laboratory professional staff and to facilitate production.

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Job Requirements

• Sorting and receiving specimens in the department.

• Performs routine instrument maintenance on some equipment.

• Performs laboratory tasks of centrifuging specimens, printing extra labels, recording data (temperature charts), specimen storage and retrieval.

• Preparing reagents and/or media in the department.

• Preparing specimens at workstations for testing (including building worklists, aliquoting specimens into sample cups, checking specimens for clots and fibrin, inoculation, slide preparation).

• Performs QA/QC duties as assigned.

• Resolves pending lists.

• Finds missing samples.

• Decontaminates work areas.

• Performs weekly radioactive wipe tests.

• Maintains files for department records.

• Changes gas cylinders.

• Follows all PPE requirements and all safety regulations.

• Uses the laboratory computer system as well as operates PCs.

• Disposes of biohazardous material.

• Completes training and competency checklists as appropriate.

• This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities, but rather a general description of the work performed by this position.

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Education

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• Medical assistant training helpful.

• Math and science courses preferred.

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Work Experience

• None required

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Special Requirements

• Must have the ability to establish work priorities and to handle several tasks for maximum workstation efficiency.

• Must be able to retain information once learned.

• Must interact with other coworkers, internal and external customers with courtesy and respect.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 17.20/hr.