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GeneDx · 5 hours ago

Lab Technician

Gaithersburg, MD

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$21.50/hr - $21.50/hr

GeneDx is a leader in delivering personalized health insights through genomic testing and interpretation services. The Lab Technician role involves testing clinical DNA specimens to diagnose genetic diseases, adhering to established procedures and quality control policies within a team environment.

AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Health CareHealth DiagnosticsMachine LearningMedicalPredictive Analytics

Responsibilities

Learns and follows the established standard operating procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analysis, record-keeping, and reporting of results to team leads, supervisors and test managers, where such tests require the exercise of limited independent judgment and responsibility

Adheres to quality control policies; documents all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations, reagent preparation and testing, and instrument maintenance performed

Identifies problems that may adversely affect test performance, takes authorized corrective actions, and notifies key individuals

Detects when test performance is not within acceptable levels. Documents all corrective action

Always be able to document that proficiency testing is performed in the same manner as patient testing

Meets or exceeds target workload with high accuracy and attention to detail

Other duties may be assigned

Qualification

Medical technologyLaboratory scienceCLIA certificationQuality controlData analysisMathematical skillsComputer skillsReasoning skillsLanguage skillsAttention to detail

Required

Bachelor's degree in medical technology, laboratory science, or in one of the chemistry, physical, or biological sciences and meets CLIA, CAP, and New York State CLEP personnel standards criteria

Mathematical, computer, reasoning, and language skills at the professional level