HLA Laboratory Assistant

The Lab Assistant provides general support duties for the laboratory by performing inventory reviews, ordering and receiving laboratory supplies and maintaining glassware. The Lab Assistant performs general clerical duties including filing, copying, transporting patient samples and reports, mail pick-up and delivery, and other duties as assigned. Licensure, Certification, or Registration Requirements for Hire: N/A Licensure, Certification, or Registration Requirements for continued employment: N/A Experience REQUIRED: Basic computer skills including word processing, spreadsheet, and email. Data entry experience. Basic office skills such as copy machine, fax machine, and business telephone. Experience PREFERRED: Experience working in a laboratory environment. Experience working with patient materials and supplies. Experience with laboratory safety procedures. Education/training REQUIRED: High School Diploma or equivalent Education/training PREFERRED: One year of post-high school education in a Health Science field. Independent action(s) required: Solves problems with direction from supervisor/manager. Complete six (6) continuing education hours per year. Supervisory responsibilities (if applicable): N/A Additional position requirements: Rotating weekends as required. Holiday scheduling as required. Conforms to VCU Health System Inclement Weather Policy for essential personnel. Age Specific groups served: N/A Physical Requirements (includes use of assistance devices as appropriate): Physical - Lifting 20-50 lbs. Activities: Prolonged standing, Prolonged sitting, Frequent bending, Reaching (overhead, extensive, repetitive), Repetitive motion: keyboarding, mouse Mental/Sensory: Strong recall, Reasoning, Problem solving, Hearing, Speak clearly, Write legibly, Reading, Logical thinking Emotional: Fast pace environment, Steady pace, Able to handle multiple priorities, Frequent and intense customer interactions, Noisy environment, Able to adapt to frequent change VCUHS is an organization that strives to help employees grow and achieve their goals! The Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory at VCU has an opening for a full time HLA Laboratory Assistant. The laboratory, which is part of the Hume- Lee Transplant Center, is a High Complexity Clinical Laboratory that provides services to the Solid Organ and the Bone Marrow Transplant Programs at VCU Health System. The Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Laboratory opened in 1965 as one of the first of its kind in the world and specializes in the most up-to date testing for HLA typing, antibody detection and compatibility testing. The Histocompatibility Laboratory is located in a 10,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility in the Virginia Bio-Technology Research Park. This full time HLA Laboratory Assistant position offers an opportunity to work with one of the busiest transplant programs in the nation and a dedicated clinical staff with a mission to provide the best in patient care, research and education. As a Full Time HLA Laboratory Assistant you will aid the laboratory in performing supportive tasks such as specimen receipt, accessioning and processing, resolving specimen inconsistencies, report generation and filing, clinician contact and inventory control and stocking among others. High School Diploma is required. Experience in a laboratory setting is not required but is preferred. Previous experience using various software applications (MS Office, Excel, Word, etc.) is preferred. Candidates should: possess good communication skills both verbally and in writing have the ability to adjust to a fast paced environment and to handle multiple priorities be able to adjust to frequent change be able to stand or sit for long periods of time be able to bend and reach repetitively be able to lift 20-50 lbs EEO Employer/Disabled/Protected Veteran/41 CFR 60-1.4. Who We Are Inventing better care, day by day by discovery Sound outrageous? It absolutely is. Sound impossible? That’s never stopped us before. Sound like hard work, intense research, collaboration with experts around the world, sheer brainpower meets unrelenting willpower? That’s. Exactly. Right. We’ll do whatever it takes to offer the best in care and empower the best in quality of life. 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