Lab Assistant - 1st shift

Gaithersburg, MD

$17–$22 Per Hour
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2 days ago

Job Description

Job Title: Lab Assistant
Job Location: Gaithersburg, MD- 20877
Duration: 2+ months of Contract with possible extension/ Temp to Hire
Shift time: 9 am - 5:30 pm EST
Pay Range: $17/hr - $22/hr on W2

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.
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.

Numbers & Facts

Location	Gaithersburg, MD
Salary	$17–$22 Per Hour

Skills

Computer Systemsunmatched
Computer Workstationsunmatched
Equipment Maintenance/Repairunmatched
Fibrinolysisunmatched
File Maintenanceunmatched
Medical Wasteunmatched
Printingunmatched
Quality Assuranceunmatched
Quality Controlunmatched
Sample/Specimen Processingunmatched
Specimens/Samplesunmatched
Testingunmatched

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