Job Description

Job Description

UPMC welcomes your application to join our team as a full-time Laboratory Support Technician! This role provides the exciting opportunity to gain experience across all departments through cross-training. You'll be working night shifts from Sunday night to Thursday night. Apply today to join a great team and receive a robust Totals Reward package!!

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• Answers phone inquiries, investigates specimen status and report disposition, and directs callers to additional resources as needed.
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• Receives, sorts, prepares, and delivers testing-ready specimens for analysis to work areas.
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• Demonstrates a service-oriented approach by conveying courtesy, respect, enthusiasm, and a positive attitude in all work situations.
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• Performs routine and basic instrument maintenance according to established protocols and records temperatures if required.
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• Assists with restocking supplies to maintain optimal inventory and ensures clean, orderly storage spaces for room temperature, refrigerated, and frozen supplies.
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• Prepares and replenishes instrument reagents and consumables as needed and performs QA/QC procedures as assigned.
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• Assists with specimen/slide storage and retrieval, checks pending work lists, and investigates and resolves any unprocessed work.
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• Decontaminates work areas, maintains a neat and clean environment, and keeps glassware clean and dry, including removing residue as needed.
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• Prepares specimens for testing at workstations, including building worklists, checking specimens for acceptability (clots, QNS), aliquoting specimens, and loading/unloading specimens onto instruments.
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Required:

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• High School diploma or equivalent, and at least 2yrs experience as a Specimen Processor (or equivalent) required in a clinical lab,
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• OR Associate degree (with biology and chemistry courses) and at least 1yr of experience as a Specimen Processor (or equivalent) in a clinical lab,
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• OR Phlebotomy or Medical Assistant certification and 1yr of experience as a Specimen Processor (or equivalent) in a clinical lab, 
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• OR Successful completion of a 50wk U.S. military medical laboratory training course, 
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• OR B.S. degree from an accredited institution with a major in a biological or clinical laboratory science 
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• OR currently enrolled in a MLS (Medical Laboratory Scientist) or equivalent training program, with 3 yrs college credits required.
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Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
Medical Laboratory Assistant MLA (ASCP) or equivalent certification preferred.

Valid driver's license if one is departmentally required.

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