Description

The Bone Marrow Transplant & Stem Cell Lab is seeking a Clinical Laboratory Scientist. In this key position, your primary duties include:

• Process/cryopreserve bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cells for infusion

• Prepare samples for sterility, viability, and cell count testing

• Operate blood separation instruments and hematology analyzer

• Perform quality control tasks and computations

• Document equipment maintenance and quality control

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and perform minor repairs on lab equipment

• Prepare written reports and technical summaries

• Record/review data for accuracy, completeness, and suitability

• Handle clinical trial administrative responsibilities

Salary Range:$53.31-71.04/hourly

QualificationsRequired:

• Current and valid California Clinical Laboratory Scientist License

• Must be able to work after-hours, weekends, and holidays when required (rotating on-call)

• Experience in transfusion medicine, blood separation processes, and quality control/quality assurance.

• Knowledge and experience with microbiology procedures

• Ability to use MS Office programs, including Word and Excel

• Skill in practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to be used in making reagents and in performing calculations

• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with outside services

• Ability to work under conditions of frequent interruptions, distractions, and heavy workload while maintaining equanimity, accuracy and productivity

Preferred:

• At least two years of recent experience performing testing in a clinical laboratory

• Knowledge of hematologic malignancies, stem cell transplants, and cellular therapies

• Recent demonstrated technical competence in cellular therapy product processing

• Experience with clinical trial processing and protocols

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