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One Brooklyn Health · 15 hours ago

Technician, Laboratory

Brooklyn, NY

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

One Brooklyn Health is seeking a Laboratory Technician to perform chemical analyses and other functions pertinent to patient testing. The role involves conducting tests on biological specimens, ensuring quality control, and maintaining laboratory supplies while adhering to safety protocols.

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Responsibilities

Reports to supervisors in the Core laboratory and will have no supervisory role to perform

Performs tests on serum, plasma or other biological specimen. After having been trained, must perform these tests accurately and within the stated turnaround times. Understands nature of “stat” requests and acts accordingly

Repeats assays when results are questionable and informs his/her immediate Supervisor of questionable results

Judges adequacy of submitted specimens and requests an additional specimen if necessary. Prepares specimens for analysis

Properly labels specimens at all phases within laboratory and is capable of recording and logging test results

Understands basic concepts of quality control. Performs, once instructed, all proper quality control tests, and records in proper fashion all quality control results

Informs immediate Supervisor when there is a failure in quality control for each assay he/she performs

Informs immediate Supervisor when an instrument malfunctions. Records all instrument malfunctions in the proper logbook and notes corrective action taken

Signs all logbooks or worksheets for assays he/she is responsible for carrying out

Familiar with the laboratories listed Core lab panic values. Repeats all derived panic values and reports the test results immediately. Informs his/her Supervisor prior to reporting a panic value

Maintains an adequate supply of materials or reagents for all assays he/she performs. Informs his/her Supervisor when assays need to be reordered

Performs the following peripheral clinical chemistry laboratory duties:

Keeps own work area clean and free of safety hazards. Reports all unsafe conditions to Supervisor

Fills supply cabinets with reagents, etc

Prepared to teach and pass on information or techniques that have been taught to other technicians, etc

Prepared to work directly with patients when Core lab assays are dependent on this function

Performs clerical duties relating to Core laboratory function; such as, logging results, transcription, answering telephone, and reporting values by phone or other mechanical devices. Reports values by phone and documents this action in accordance with laboratory procedure

Prepared to make any entries necessary in conjunction with any of the described duties using computer techniques

Performs other related duties assigned by supervisor. In an emergency, performs other duties necessary for the welfare of patients or the efficient operations of the institution