Job Description
36684679 Lab Assistant, Ames, IA, 12 Months
Sigma Inc is looking for a Lab Assistant (Clinical Laboratory Associate) to work onsite with our team in Ames, IA
Shift Schedule: Mon-Fri between 8 am-4 pm & 40h /week
Responsibilities: - Prepare labels and label clinical study samples.
- Assist in collection of clinical study samples or necropsy.
- Aliquot clinical study samples. (serum, swab effluents, fecal samples, animal tissue samples).
- Maintain electronic inventory of clinical study samples.
- Accurately record all laboratory activities and techniques on data capture forms, research notebooks, and raw data notebooks as appropriate.
- Review and contribute to protocols, planning, and execution.
- Create and prepare submissions to diagnostic laboratories and to BIAVRC laboratories.
- Compile testing information from outside labs and BIAVRC labs for statistical and reporting within clinical teams
- Support clinical teams with document scanning, manual data entry and quality control of data entry.
- Receives samples, plans, and executes processing and delivery to the appropriate lab for testing.
- Ability to Plan and create a weekly schedule from multiple lists
- Maintain number lists with minimal transposition
- Initiates, executes, completes, and communicates duties and related issues
- Effective organization and time management skills.
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
Requirements:
- Associate degree or Bachelor's degree in Biology, Microbiology, Animal Science, Chemistry, or related field
- Experience with the safe and appropriate use of BSL2 organisms preferred
- Hand eye coordination
- Aseptic technique
- Proactive and resourceful.
- Ability to work across groups and take direction from multiple scientists.
- Competent with Microsoft Office software.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills; High level of comfort/ease interacting with all levels of the organization.
- Maintains a constructive and positive attitude for working on projects and for working at Client.
- Follow Research & Development policies and procedures to maintain high quality standards and follow best practices
Job Tags
Work at office, Shift work,