What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lab Assistant position at Careers Integrated Resources Inc?
Job Title: Lab Assistant
Job Location: Pittsburgh, PA- 15220
Duration: 3-4 months of Contract with possible extension/ Temp to Hire
Shift time: Tue to Sat (12:00 am - 8:30 am) with rotating Sunday (12:00 am - 8:30 am)
Job Description:
Perform various routine laboratory functions in a precise and accurate fashion to assist the laboratory professional staff and to facilitate production.
Job Requirements:
Job Location: Pittsburgh, PA- 15220
Duration: 3-4 months of Contract with possible extension/ Temp to Hire
Shift time: Tue to Sat (12:00 am - 8:30 am) with rotating Sunday (12:00 am - 8:30 am)
Job Description:
Perform various routine laboratory functions in a precise and accurate fashion to assist the laboratory professional staff and to facilitate production.
Job Requirements:
- Sorting and receiving specimens in the department.
- Manual plating of Microbiology specimens.
- 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.