Blood Bank Lab Technician - Day Shift (Onsite)

Stanford Health Care; California; On-site; USD 60,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford Health Care in Palo Alto, CA seeks a Laboratory Support technician to prepare, process, and load specimens onto testing platforms under supervision. You will assist with instrument maintenance, record-keeping, and pre-analytical processing, ensuring specimens are correctly labeled and archived.

The role includes handling clerical tasks, data entry, and coordinating with the Pre-analytical and Technical Sections.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Two (2) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to follow procedures and learn clinical support technology.
• Ability to foster effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to perform standard business math (ratios, percents).
• Ability to plan, organize, multi-task and adapt to priority changes.
• Ability to speak, read, write, and understand English effectively at a level appropriate for the job.
• Ability to use standard computers and basic office software.
• Knowledge of Business English, spelling, grammar and punctuation.
• Knowledge of Windows-based operating systems and applications.
• Skill in aliquoting.
• Skill in calculating dilutions for reagents.
• Skill in pipetting.
• Skill in weighing reagents.

Responsibilities

• Accessions patient information into Laboratory information system(s).
• Prepare specimens for testing and quality control per procedures.
• Assist in routine preventive maintenance for instruments.
• Determine suitability of specimens for analysis and perform pre-analytical processing as needed.
• Inventory and restock supplies; verify deliveries.
• Maintain logs and records for Laboratory transactions.
• Monitor and record temperatures of equipment; ensure readings are within range.
• Participate in pre-clinical test development and ad-hoc projects.
• Perform clerical duties such as data entry and handling inquiries.
• Process specimens for outside reference laboratories as required.

Skills

Effective communication

Procedural discipline

Team collaboration

Mathematical aptitude

Multi-tasking

English proficiency

Computer literacy

Pipetting

Aliquoting

Weighing reagents

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Laboratory information systems

Job description

Stanford Health Care in Palo Alto, CA seeks a Laboratory Support technician to prepare, process, and load specimens onto testing platforms under supervision. You will assist with instrument maintenance, record-keeping, and pre-analytical processing, ensuring specimens are correctly labeled and archived.

The role includes handling clerical tasks, data entry, and coordinating with the Pre-analytical and Technical Sections.