Lab Assistant II – High-Volume Immunology Prep

Kaiser Permanente; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles is seeking a Laboratory Assistant II under the supervision of a licensed professional to perform more complex pre-analytical tasks, load samples, and assist in instrument operation.

You will monitor overdue reports, resolve problem specimens, prepare specimens, perform QC, and help with maintenance, logs, and training. Basic requirements: high school diploma, one year of lab assistant experience.

Qualifications

• One year experience within the last 3 years as a Laboratory Assistant in a high volume laboratory required.
• High School graduate/GED required.

Responsibilities

• Prepares specimen for testing and/or send outs, including batching, creating wordlists/worksheet, pipetting, separating samples, removing fibrins/clots, centrifuging, aliquotting and preparing dilutions with the use of a calibrated pre-set pipettor.
• Loads/unloads samples onto instruments, assists in the operation and monitoring of automated or semi-automated instruments, and notifies a CLS for any instrument alerts
• Assists in the performance of quality control procedures and may transcribe QC results that have been previously recorded automatically by a testing instrument
• Performs/assists in preventive maintenance and basic troubleshooting function, pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical laboratory equipment/instruments, and alerts a CLS for any suspicious outlier
• Reads and transcribes digital temperature, humidity, weights, etc. and alerts a CLS for any suspicious outlier
• Monitors overdue/pending/incomplete test reports, researches, resolves and follows through on problem specimens or patient data problems per policies and procedures
• Completes and maintains laboratory worksheets, preventive maintenance logs, specimen logs, labels, and other records, as required
• Performs specimen preservation, fixation, harvesting, plating, and staining
• Performs numerical matching or arrangement of pre-labeled metaphases, as applicable
• Prepares cyto prep slides and/or cell blocks from specimens, as applicable
• Trains and orients new employees as necessary
• Performs other related duties (limited to non-licensed duties only) as necessary

Skills

Laboratory procedures

Pipetting

Attention to detail

Inventory management

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

Centrifuge operation

Pipettor use

Job description

Kaiser Permanente in Los Angeles is seeking a Laboratory Assistant II under the supervision of a licensed professional to perform more complex pre-analytical tasks, load samples, and assist in instrument operation.

You will monitor overdue reports, resolve problem specimens, prepare specimens, perform QC, and help with maintenance, logs, and training. Basic requirements: high school diploma, one year of lab assistant experience.