R&D Technician I

ARUP Laboratories; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

ARUP Laboratories in Salt Lake City, UT seeks a Laboratory Support Technician to perform data handling, specimen preparation and quality control tasks under supervision.

You will assist with specimen handling, transfer, and documentation, maintain a clean work area and comply with safety regulations and biohazard policies while supporting the R&D Immunology Group.

Qualifications

• Understands specimen collection, handling, and transport.
• Performs and documents quality control and equipment maintenance.
• Maintains cleanliness of work area and follows safety rules.
• Under supervision, begins training on complex processes.

Responsibilities

• Performs and documents quality control and equipment maintenance.
• Understands appropriate specimen collection, handling, and transport.
• Accurately retrieves and de-identifies specimens according to procedures.
• Notifies supervisor of specimens that meet rejection criteria for testing issues.
• Prepares, organizes, and reviews specimens for run setup according to procedures.
• Maintains cleanliness of work area; cleans benches and equipment after spills.
• Under supervision, begins training on complex processes and procedures.
• Assists others in areas of competency when workload is complete.
• Complies with safety and biohazard regulations per Laboratory Safety Manual.
• Observes data security and confidentiality; maintains ethical standards in all tasks.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Data handling

Quality control

Specimen handling

Biosafety

Job description

Primary Purpose

Provides services of both a technical and non-technical nature in the laboratory service areas. Works under the direction of an R&D Manager/Supervisor . Duties could include data handling and input, sample handling, preparation of specimens for processing in the laboratory, reagent preparation, handling and storage of glassware and reagents, supply maintenance, and assisting in the performance and documentation of quality control and equipment.

Primary Purpose

Provides services of both a technical and non-technical nature in the laboratory service areas. Works under the direction of an R&D Manager/Supervisor . Duties could include data handling and input, sample handling, preparation of specimens for processing in the laboratory, reagent preparation, handling and storage of glassware and reagents, supply maintenance, and assisting in the performance and documentation of quality control and equipment.

Schedule

Monday - Friday (40 hrs/wk)

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Training Schedule

Monday - Friday (40 hrs/wk)

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Department: R&D Immunology Group - 679

About ARUP

ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and an enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah. ARUP proudly hires top talent to create a work environment of diversity, professional growth and continuous development. Our workforce is committed to the important service we provide to over one million patients each month. We always strive for excellence and have a strong desire to have involvement with the advances in medicine and the role laboratory services plays within each patient’s life. We never forget that there is a patient behind every specimen we receive. We are looking for individuals who want to contribute to ARUP's culture of accountability, integrity, service, and excellence. Consider joining our dynamic team.

Essential Functions

• Performs and documents quality control and equipment maintenance.
• Understands appropriate specimen collection, handling, and transport.
• Accurately retrieves and de-identifies specimens according to established departmental procedures.
• Notifies the appropriate supervisor or designated individual of specimens that meet the rejection criteria for inappropriate samples. Resolves the problem at the direction of the appropriate supervisor or designated individual.
• Prepares, organizes, and reviews specimens for run set-up according to departmental procedures. Ensures accurate sample order.
• Maintains cleanliness of work area. Cleans bench tops and equipment after each spill, and daily at the end of the work shift as required.
• Under supervision, begins training on complex processes and procedures within the group.
• Assists others in areas of defined competency when assigned workload is complete.
• Complies with safety and biohazard regulations as outlined in the Laboratory Safety Manual.
• Observes principles of data security and confidentiality. Maintains ethical standards in the performance of all assignments and in interactions with co-workers and other health care professionals.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical And Other Requirements

• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Mobility: The person in this position needs to occasionally move between work sites and inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• PPE: Biohazard laboratory environment that requires use of personal protective equipment in accordance with CDC and OSHA regulations and company policies.
• ARUP Policies and Procedures: To conduct self in compliance with all ARUP Policies and Procedures.
• Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Fine Motor Control: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Vision: Having close, far, and peripheral visual acuity to perform a variety of tasks such as make general observations of depth and distance.
• Other duties as assigned.