Laboratory Coordinator I - Evening/Weekend Shift

Mount Sinai Health System; New York (NY); On-site; USD 37,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

The Mount Sinai Health System is seeking a Laboratory Coordinator I within the Department of Dermatology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The role performs basic and routine diagnostic laboratory procedures in certified labs, with hours primarily nights and weekends.

Responsibilities include preparing specimens, operating automated analyzers, maintaining knowledge of techniques, and supporting quality control and special projects in an academic medical setting in New York City.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or combination of equivalent lab experience and education.
• No experience required but some lab exposure preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs basic and routine diagnostic procedures for the isolation and identification of microbial pathogens from clinical specimens.
• Prepare specimens and operates automated analyzers. May perform manual tests in accordance with detailed instructions.
• Maintains in-depth knowledge of techniques, principles and instrumentation, as well the physiological conditions affecting test results.
• Maintains familiarity with the various testing procedures done in the laboratory.
• Conducts or assists in special projects, evaluates new products and instrumentation and performs quality control procedures.

Skills

Lab exposure

Education

Associate degree or equivalent lab education

Job description

The Mount Sinai Health System is seeking a Laboratory Coordinator I within the Department of Dermatology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. The role performs basic and routine diagnostic laboratory procedures in certified labs, with hours primarily nights and weekends.

Responsibilities include preparing specimens, operating automated analyzers, maintaining knowledge of techniques, and supporting quality control and special projects in an academic medical setting in New York City.