Position Summary
The candidate is responsible for providing basic assistance to the operations of the laboratory, and for maintaining a sterile and safe work environment.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities
? Maintain clean laboratory by discarding waste and cleaning and sanitizing countertops, walls, floors, shelves, equipment, sinks, water baths etc. using cleaning solvents.
? Maintain clean laboratory by properly storing chemicals, reagents and supplies. Maintain adequate stock of these materials.
? Clean and decontaminate equipment, glassware, metal instruments, sinks, water baths, tables, and test panels, using solvents, water, acetone bath, and cloth or hot-air drier, brushes, and rags, etc.
? Prepare and use cleaning solutions according to specifications.
? Perform quality control checks such as temperature checks, balance verification or detergent residue testing as required by department leadership.
? Assist other laboratory personnel performing testing procedures as instructed by department leadership.
? Maintain equipment, supplies and instrumentation in working order to perform necessary preventative maintenance for operating departments.
? Maintain knowledge of Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) that is required to complete job responsibilities.
? Support corporate quality and continuous improvement process.
? Ensure a safe working environment for laboratory.
? Participate in audits.
? Maintain inventory, rotate supply, discard expired dry, refrigerated and frozen materials and retain as directed by department leadership.
? Completes assigned tasks under supervision of department leadership, while working with team to accomplish department goals
? Perform opening and closing duties as assigned department leadership.
? Clean glassware and other containers and return to laboratory for use.
? Other related duties as assigned.
? At any time, the incumbent must behave and operate in an ethical and Code of Conduct compliant manner.