Lab Technician - Blood Bank - 1.0 FTE, 08-hr, Day Shift

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

1.0 FTE Full time Day - 08 Hour R2661438 Onsite 107540002 Blood Bank Transfusion Svcs 500P Allied Health PALO ALTO, 500 Pasteur Dr, California

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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)

This is a Stanford Health Care job.

A Brief Overview

Under the direction of the section supervisor or senior technical support, prepares, processes, and loads specimens onto testing platforms as required; assists in instrument maintenance; processes specimens for confirmatory testing; archiving samples after analysis; labeling and staining as required responding to inquiries from Pre-analytical Services and Technical Sections; recording equipment temperature readings; performing a variety of clerical duties and participating in pre-clinical test development, training and ad-hoc projects as directed.

Locations

Stanford Health Care

What You Will Do

• Accessions patient information into Laboratory information system(s). Checks all requests for proper and accurate patient information. Consults with Supervisor or Technologist if request is problematic. Notifies physician, nursing unit, clinic, etc. if sample received is inappropriate or compromised.
• According to procedure, prepares specimens in preparation for testing and quality control as directed. Adheres to all Safety/Health regulatory and state/federal legal requirements and policies, operating procedures, and Services Standard of the Hospitals.
• Assists in routine and regularly scheduled preventive maintenance for all automated and semi-automated instruments according to established procedures.
• Determines suitability of specimens for analysis and if necessary performs pre-analytical processing of the specimens following established guidelines.
• Inventories and orders supplies. Verifies delivery order and restocks and/or distributes supplies to the appropriate areas of the lab.
• Maintains the logs and records for all Laboratory transactions and information in accordance with department and regulatory requirements.
• Monitors and records temperatures of incubators, heating blocks, water baths, freezers, and refrigeration units; ensures readings are within specified range; notifies supervisor of any exceptions to range limits. Organizes, catalogs and stores patient specimen samples.
• Participates in pre-clinical test development according to established protocols.
• Performs a variety of clerical functions such as word processing, entering information into the database, handling calls and inquires and other support functions as assigned.
• Processes specimens which have been analyzed for outside reference laboratories for additional testing. Receives and processes all specimens/samples following the proper laboratory procedures. Ensures patient samples are distributed to the appropriate areas of the laboratory or routed to other hospital departments as required.

Education Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent

Experience Qualifications

• Two (2) years of progressively responsible and directly related work experience

Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• 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

Licenses and Certifications

• None

SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience

Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.

You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective:

• Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care
• Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health
• Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination

Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.

Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $43.79 - $49.11 per hour

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.