MEDICAL LAB TECHNICIAN jobs in Mount Vernon, NY

General Description: The laboratory technologist will work together with other laboratory personnel to ensure the proper operation of the laboratory and provide quality service to all Andrology patients.

Supervision Received: Reports to Laboratory Supervisor/ Laboratory Director

Essential Functions:

• Perform routine and specialized laboratory procedures per established methods;
• Perform routine quality control and quality assurance procedures established and adopted by the laboratory;
• Ensure that all benches and other work areas are clean at the start and end of each work day;
• Ensure that all reagents and lab supplies are available at the start of each work day;
• Ensure that all necessary lab equipment is in working order at the start of the day;
• Make certain that Andrology patients fill out requisitions forms properly and accurately;
• Instruct andrology patients in the proper collection of the specimen;
• Log in and accession specimen properly;
• Prepare specimen and label tubes and slides for assay;
• Perform semen analysis and other tests with minimal supervision of the lab director or the lab supervisor;
• Fill out worksheets and write results into the essay worksheets;
• Submit results to the lab director for approval of the assay run;
• Do inventory of supplies and request for purchases of necessary supplies;
• Fill out log sheets of controls of the essay run, quality control log, etc.
• Generate lab test reports to be sent to referring physicians;
• Upon the direction of the laboratory director, the lab technologist must be able to perform quality control of final lab test reports before there are transmitted to doctors.

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Biology, Science or Chemistry.
• Desired Competencies, Skills and Experiences:
• Preferred experience in: Andrology, Endocrinology with Tosoh or Horiba Analyzers. CDC ART submission.
• Must be thoroughly trained, through formal training or on-the-job, in the following laboratory techniques in relation to human fertility. However, we are willing to train in house.
• Routine semen analysis;
• Human sperm preparation techniques for assisted reproductive therapies;
• Advanced laboratory tests for human sperm functions and fertilizing capacity;
• Human sperm Cryopreservation
• Assist patient with specimen collection and accessioning;
• Quality control and quality assurance procedures.
• Must be able to conduct technical work with minimum supervision from lab supervisor or lab director and exercise independent judgement and responsibility in carrying out laboratory work.

Work Environment:

• We value patient care first. We service patients from all around the globe, seven days a week and are open on holidays. We are a fast paced IVF clinic with a diverse group of patient and staff.