Baltimore, Maryland
Homestead, Florida
Nashville, Tennessee
Posted: 21-Dec-24
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Type: Full-time
Categories:
Internal Number: 2448448
Application Window: December 23,2024
Pay Range: $15.00-$31.60
All job offers will be based on a candidate?s skills and prior relevant experience, applicable degrees/certifications, as well as internal equity and market data.
Benefits: Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Casual, PRN & Part Time employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours are eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan only. For more detailed information, please click here.
Job Description:
Perform assigned clinical laboratory flow cytometry analysis accurately and in a timely manner:
- Resolve pendings. Retrieve and check specimens against pending list. Document specimen discrepancies. Notify laboratory management when specimen discrepancies are not resolved.
- Performs routine testing and calculations as required.
- Resolve routine and non-routine assay problems.
Ensure the validity of tests results through the performance of established quality assurance and quality control procedures:
- Perform experiments, as scheduled, for evaluation of new Calibrator and/or QC lots.
- Summarize results of investigations and compile data for review by management.
- Document quality control results. Interpret quality control results according to Westgard rules or other established departmental procedures and accurately document biases, warnings and violations of control values.
- Document corrective action for unusual occurrences (e.g. QC violations, instrument related problems).
- Analyze proficiency testing survey samples as patient specimens.
Result Entry (Auto-verification and manual entry):
- When data is manually entered (e.g. QC, patient data) ensure peer review is performed and documented prior to release of results.
- Prepare proper documentation of test results and enter into the information system.
- Generate an appropriate audit trail for all activities.
- Document and communicate any result reporting problems or inconsistencies to laboratory management.
- Complete testing within the expected turnaround time to meet customers? expectations.
Comply with regulatory guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) at all times.
Training:
- Individual is responsible for maintaining his/her complete up-to-date training file and is accountable for correcting and deficiencies found in his/her training file.
- Individual is responsible for ensuring he/she is trained and training is documented prior to performing a task.
- The individual successfully completes, as scheduled, competency assessment and ensures competency testing documentation is provided to management for review/retention.
- Competently performs department duties as set forth in the department training checklist(s).
- May assist in training new employees and follows-up to ensure training is understood.
- Attends, as scheduled, department, mandatory and other meetings and training, as required according to training matrices.
Work to achieve partnership with both internal customers and external clients by:
- Pull data in a timely manner for review by QA and external clients.
- Contribute to the provision of accurate verbal or written response to internal QA and client audit findings. Coordinate, where needed, with other resources to resolve issue.
- Researches and prepares a response following investigation for quality purposes. Coordinate, where needed, with other resources to resolve issue.
- Research and responds in a timely manner to internal customer inquiries regarding status of test results, retrieval of samples for testing/storage and other needs.
- Understand department metrics and goals.
- Demonstrate proficiency in applicable computer systems and software.
- Maintains a clean, organized and safe work environment.
- Takes action for the department when additional responsibilities and opportunities are presented.
- Provide laboratory management with a report of activities upon request.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education U. S. Requirements:
Individual must qualify as testing personnel under the following CLIA 1988 and New York State Department of Health requirements:
- Bachelor?s degree in Medical Technology or Clinical Laboratory Science or other life science with completion of at least a 12-month training program in Medical Technology.
OR
- Bachelor?s degree in a chemical, physical or biological science from an accredited college or university and one year training and/or experience in the specialty in which testing is to be performed. Such training must be equivalent to that received in a school of Medical Technology.
OR
- 90 semester hours from an accredited institution that include the following:
- 16 semester hours of biology courses, which are pertinent to the medical sciences
- 16 semester hours of chemistry (at least 6 semester hours of Inorganic Chemistry)
- 3 semester hours of math
OR
- Completed an accredited clinical laboratory training program, or one year documented laboratory training or experience in the specialty that testing is to be performed.
OR
- Associate?s degree in medical laboratory technology
Required Experience:
- Relevant experience in Flow Cytometry with an emphasis on data analysis
- Familiarity with either FCSExpress, WinList, FlowJo etc..
Preferred Experience:
- Two to five years Flow Cytometry experience
Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:
As an EOE/AA employer, Labcorp strives for diversity and inclusion in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications of the individual and do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy or other medical conditions/needs), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law.
We encourage all to apply
If you are an individual with a disability who needs assistance using our online tools to search and apply for jobs, or needs an accommodation, please visit our accessibility site or contact us at Labcorp Accessibility.
For more information about how we collect and store your personal data, please see our Privacy Statement.