Laboratory Assistant - Cancer Center - Full Time, Days

NYU Langone Health; Village of Patchogue (NY); On-site; USD 39,479 - 48,252; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare institution in New York seeks a full-time Laboratory Assistant for its Cancer Center. The role involves assisting in laboratory operations, maintaining inventories, and ensuring specimen quality. Candidates should possess a high school degree with college credits in biology or chemistry and have laboratory experience, especially in handling blood and body fluids. Excellent communication skills are required, along with familiarity with computer applications. A competitive salary is offered, along with opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Laboratory experience including handling open containers of blood and body fluids required.
• Familiarity with specimen processing and handling including centrifugation.

Responsibilities

• Assist lab staff with day-to-day operations.
• Maintain general lab supply inventory.
• Ensure proper receipt and storage of laboratory materials.
• Communicate specimen requirements to providers.
• Prepare samples for analysis including labeling and centrifuging.
• Track and dispose of samples according to policy.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of computer applications (Excel, Word)

Education

High School Degree with 12 college credits in biology or chemistry

Job description

1156445_RR00115927 Job ID: 1156445_RR00115927

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is a 306-bed medical center, providing care to residents of eastern Long Island. The hospital facility is home to the Knapp Cardiac Care Center—an advanced heart disease diagnostic and treatment facility—as well as a modern ambulatory surgical pavilion with specialized services including women's imaging, a sleep laboratory, and bariatric surgery. Our Provisional Level 2 Trauma Center delivers comprehensive and specialized care for patients with traumatic injuries. The Stroke Center at NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is designated by the New York State Department of Health as a Primary Stroke Center, with expert neurologists available to provide treatment 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Additionally, NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk has multiple outpatient sites, including an outpatient wound care center, a hemodialysis center, and various primary care and specialty offices.

Position Summary

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Laboratory Assistant - Cancer Center - Full Time, Days - PCC-Suffolk-Laboratory - - Monday - Friday. In this role, the successful candidate Responsible for assisting lab staff with the day-to-day operation of the laboratory, by providing clinical, clerical and inventory management support. Including but not limited to specimen management/processing, ordering and receipt of inventory, instrument maintenance, and communicating with providers and other laboratories.

Job Responsibilities

• Maintains an adequate supply of all general laboratory items as well as department specific reagents and materials needed for specimen analysis. Communicates the need for additional supplies to supervisor/manager when necessary.
• Ensures the proper receipt and storage of laboratory materials. Receives all goods delivered and documents according to NYU policy and guidelines provided by regulatory agencies.
• Understands specimen requirements, communicates to provider and documents when samples are cancelled or rejected.
• Assures specimen quality prior to processing.
• Calls provider to confirm or clarify requests, modifies and places orders as required.
• Responsible for front end processing of all samples preparing them for analysis. Examples include but are not limited to labeling, centrifuging, aliquotting, transport and placing samples on automated test platforms.
• Responsible for back end processing of samples including preparation for storage, tracking and eventual disposal according to policy.
• Properly disposes of all department regulated medical, biological, chemical and clean waste.
• Cleans all laboratory work surfaces and assigned equipment in accordance with laboratory protocols and documents as required.
• Responsible for maintaining logs associated with temperature and humidity for assigned equipment, work areas and eye wash stations.
• Completes add on requests as per policy, including retrieval of addon specimens from within and outside the department
• Responsible for review of routine and stat pending lists and retrieval of missed tests/specimens
• Answering the phone and providing assistance to caller as required (spec requirements, test availability, TAT etc.)
• Access automated test platforms to assess status of test samples
• Responsible for shipping of blood and body fluids to other sites.
• Assist in blood product modification (irradiation, thawing of frozen products).
• Responsible for inventory management of blood products (receiving, stocking, expiration).
• Other duties as assigned.

Additional Position Specific Responsibilities

Specimen processing and handling including centrifugation.

Minimum Qualifications

To qualify you must have a High School Degree with 12 college credits in biology or chemistry. Laboratory experience including handling open containers of blood and body fluid (accessioning/intake not included). Knowledge of computer applications especially excel and word. Excellent communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

1+ years experience in a laboratory setting as a laboratory assistant.

NYU Langone Hospital—Suffolk is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration. We require applications to be completed online.

NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $43,865.64 - $43,865.64 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.