Night Shift Lab Support Technician — Specimen & QA

UPMC; Monroeville (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

UPMC East is currently hiring a full-time Lab Support Tech to join our team, primarily on the 10:00 PM–6:30 AM shift, with occasional weekend and holiday responsibilities. This role supports analytic activities in the Laboratory, assisting with specimen processing, instrument maintenance, QA/QC procedures, and preparation of materials needed for testing.

Candidates will be placed in the appropriate job title/salary grade based on education and experience, with a competitive benefits package to

Responsibilities

• Answers phone inquiries. Investigates specimen status and report disposition.
• Directs callers to additional resources as needed.
• Receives, sorts, prepares and delivers testing-ready specimens for analysis to work areas.
• Demonstrates service orientation approach by conveying courtesy, respect, enthusiasm and a positive attitude in work situations.
• Performs routine and basic instrument maintenance according to established protocols.
• Records temperatures if required.
• Assists with restocking supplies to maintain an optimal inventory.
• Maintains clean and orderly storage spaces for room temperature, refrigerated, and frozen supplies.
• Prepares and replenishes instrument reagents and consumables as needed.
• Performs QA / QC procedures as assigned. - Assists with specimen/slide storage and retrieval.
• Checks pending work lists. Investigates and resolves any unprocessed work.
• Decontaminates work area, keeping a neat and clean working environment.
• Keeps any glassware clean and dry, including tests for residue removal as needed.
• Tests and cleans emergency eyewashes and showers as assigned.
• Sorts laboratory waste as needed and ensures that proper disposal occurs.
• Transports specimens off-site and delivers supplies where required.
• Prepares specimens at workstations for testing. Includes building worklists, checking specimens for acceptability (clots, QNS), aliquoting specimens, loading/unloading specimens onto instruments.
• Prepares microscopic slides and plants specimens in microbiologic growth media where required.

Job description

UPMC East is currently hiring a full-time Lab Support Tech to join our team, primarily on the 10:00 PM–6:30 AM shift, with occasional weekend and holiday responsibilities. This role supports analytic activities in the Laboratory, assisting with specimen processing, instrument maintenance, QA/QC procedures, and preparation of materials needed for testing.

Candidates will be placed in the appropriate job title/salary grade based on education and experience, with a competitive benefits package to