Job Title: Lab Assistant

Location: Highland Heights, KY, 41076

Duration: 9 Months

Pay Rate: $18.00 - $20.00 Hourly

Position Summary:

Job Description: Summarized Purpose:
Prepares slides, monitors and records refrigerators, freezers, and water baths temperatures, retrieves/moves specimens to/from long term storage, assists in unpacking, loads and unloads samples and analyzers, and generates daily work lists for various teams (metrology, sample entry, stability, etc.).

Essential Functions:
Sorts, scans, and assigns sequence numbers to different laboratory areas. Numbers HDL tubes for lipid laboratory.
Processes samples for testing.
Prepares reagents and pipettes/aliquots reagents under supervision.
Labels and stains hematology slides.
Gathers, dumps, rinses, washes, dries, and restocks glassware and consumables in the laboratory.
Performs limited, non-complex, waived tests for review by a team member.
Performs daily work assignments accurately and in a timely manner.

Education and Experience:
4-year degree in science or currently working on a science degree
Technical positions may require a certificate
Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0 to 1 year) or equivalent combination of education, training, & experience.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Effective communication skills
Good cooperative and collaborative skills
Attention to detail
Ability to adhere to laboratory policies and standard operating procedures
Data recording skills
Ability to work in a collaborative team environment