Microbiology
- Employer
- P4 Diagnostix
- Location
- Pine Brook, New Jersey, US
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- Aug 2, 2021
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- Sector
- Consultancy/Private Sector
- Field
- Conservation science
- Discipline
- Biology
- Salary Type
- Salary
- Employment Type
- Full time
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Job Description
Job Description
Job Description
FLSA - Non exempt
Job Description
Duties: Working under the supervision of the Microbiology/Molecular Supervisor, will perform testing and follow-ups to the various methods and techniques used in the identification and isolations of microbial isolates from clinical specimens.
Responsibilities:
Education:
Equipment:
Skills Required:
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $0.00 per hour
Job Description
Job Description
FLSA - Non exempt
Job Description
Duties: Working under the supervision of the Microbiology/Molecular Supervisor, will perform testing and follow-ups to the various methods and techniques used in the identification and isolations of microbial isolates from clinical specimens.
Responsibilities:
- Follow the organization's policies and procedure for specimen handling and processing, test analysis, reporting and maintaining patient test results and records.
- Properly plate and incubate cultures according to stated departmental policies.
- Perform gram stain testing and properly identify different organisms.
- Be able to utilize additional testing methods and techniques to speciate and identify potential antimicrobial resistance.
- Participate in proficiency testing and follow policies in treating and testing specimens in a manner similar to patient samples.
- Review and release test results in a sound, objective, manner.
- Follow federal, state, local and organizational guidelines and policies with regards to CLIA, HIPAA, OSHA, and safety.
- Adhere to the organization quality assurance program, document all quality control activity, follow policies regarding calibration and maintenance.
- Properly escalate quality assurance issues appropriately and document all things that need to be followed up appropriately with proper communication and endorsement.
- Follow the organization's established policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within established acceptable parameters and fail to meet the quality assurance guidelines.
- Identify and escalate, appropriately, problems that can affect test performance or timely reporting of results, when corrective actions are needed and when need to be escalated.
- Document all corrective actions are taken when test systems deviate from the organization's established quality assurance program.
- Follow the organization's policies regarding the handling of STATs, Critical and Special Handling cases.
- Answer questions from the customer and other laboratory personnel appropriately and in timely manner.
- Maintain proper and complete records of all testing performed during the shift.
- Maintain the proper appearance of the working environment and provide safety monitors during the shift.
- Make sure all supplies have appropriate received, expiration and in used (open) dates. Round at the end of the shift to make sure everything is properly documented and acknowledged.
- Review and assist in the training of new procedures.
- Attend departmental meeting and any additional training/educational meetings as assigned, including HIPAA and annual safety training.
- Be able to participate and assist in preparation for regulatory inspections.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in a chemical, physical, biological or clinical laboratory science or medical technology with at least 1 years' experience in high complexity testing in the disciplines of microbiology
- Experience with reading gram stains and aerobic cultures plates
- Certified as a Medical Technologist / Clinical Laboratory Scientist by ASCP, AMT or AAB, preferred.
Equipment:
- Experience working with standard microbiological equipment/procedures - incubator, microscope, plating, gram stain, immunological single-use EIA kits, etc
- Experience with Beckman Microscan and/or BioMerieux Vitek; preferred
Skills Required:
- Attention to detail
- Ability to review test results and identify abnormal and unusual results.
- Ability to investigate problems and assist in identifying the root cause and suggesting possible corrective actions.
- Ability to lift at least 25 lbs and stand for an extensive period.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $0.00 per hour
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