Medical Lab Scientist - Stem Cell Laboratory

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About Duke University Health System Clinical Laboratories

Pursue your passion for caring and innovation as a team member in the state-of-the-art Duke Health laboratories. Duke Health laboratories are College of American Pathologists accredited and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certified. The multidisciplinary team is committed to serving the rare and complex testing needs of Duke Health's diverse patient population by providing timely and accurate results, educating the next generation of laboratorians, scientists and physicians, and researching and developing the cutting-edge diagnostics of tomorrow.

Medical Lab Scientist in the Stem Cell Laboratory at Duke University Hospital. Monday - Friday, 11:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m., with Saturday coverage once every two months to cover time off requests. 

This position is eligible for a second-shift differential and a $7,500 commitment bonus (for a 1-year commitment). 

General Description:

Perform a variety of routine and complex technical tasks in a high complexity laboratory

to obtain data for use in the treatment of disease in the field of transplant medicine.

Job Duties:

• Flow Cytometry Testing
  • CD 3, 4, 34, and immune reconstitution panels
  • Quality control and instrument maintenance
  • Review of results before they are reported to the clinical team,
• Tissue Culture Testing
  • Plating of clinical samples for colony forming units (CFUs)
  • Manual plating of CFU assay, plating CFU assays to be run on the STEMVision instrument
  • Manual reading of CFU plates
  • Reading of CFU plates using the STEMVision instrument
• Hematology testing
  • Reading of manual differentials
  • Performing cell counts on Sysmex XN-450 instrument
  •  Staining of slide (for manual differentials)
• All Other Related Duties

Technical Duties Performed:

• 1. QC on flow cytometers (BD FACSCanto II and BD FACSLyric)
• 2. Manual Differentials
• 3. Plating of clinical colony forming units (CFU) samples
• 4. Manual reading of clinical CFU plates
• 5. Start-up and use of the StemVISION (SV) instrument
• 6. Plating of SV fresh samples
• 7. Testing of CAP proficiency samples
• STEM CELL LABORATORY
• Duke Health System

Clerical or Administrative Duties:

• 1. Monthly QC sheet review
• 2. Review of calculations before results are reported to clinical team
• Equipment Used:
• 1. Biological safety cabinet (BSC)
• 2. 37o water bath
• 3. Sysmex XN-450 hematology analyzer
• 4. 1-10oC refrigerator
• 5. -20oC freezer
• 6. -80oC freezer
• 7. Light microscope
• 8. Mini-vortex
• 9. Pipettes
• 10. BD FACS Canto II flow cytometry instrument
• 11. BD FACS Lyric flow cytometry instrument
• 12. StemVISION instrument
• 13. Wescor slide stainer

Minimum Qualifications
Education
Bachelors of Science/Bachelor of Arts in Chemical, Physical, Biological, or Clinical Laboratory Science; or Medical Technology required. Minimum educational or experience requirements may be modified on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment) director if minimal CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment) requirements are met by the employee for the tasks being performed.
Experience
None required
Degrees, Licensures, Certifications
Certification preferred.

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