Biological Scientist

Performs routine tests and laboratory procedures in a medical laboratory which are used to diagnose and treat diseases.

Prepare chemical reagents properly and that expired reagents or defective products are replaced to ensure validity of patient results.

Operate laboratory equipment including centrifuges, dry bath incubators, and blood bank refrigerators.

Perform blood typing, antibody screening, compatibility testing, and antibody identification procedures.

Independently resolve routine RBC blood group antibody problems and perform moderately complex testing in consultation with

buffycoats from whole blood collections and pathogen reduced platelets.

Perform lot release and labeling for blood components

Evaluate testing and component orders for appropriateness based on screening criteria and communicate with clinical care team

Reports laboratory results to medical personnel or principal investigator.

Identify and report critical, abnormal and unacceptable test results and follows up according to established protocols.

Documents test and analysis findings and provide summaries to clinical and medical staff.

Enters result data into standard spreadsheets and databases based on requirements.

Identify problems with instrumentation, methodology, specimens, supplies, or results and take action as outlined in predetermined

protocols.

Documents quality assurance steps associated with testing procedures and reports findings.

Distribute samples to proper laboratory analytical section or affiliate laboratories as instructed by Laboratory Manager and protocols.

Communicate with the laboratory manager and clinical staff regarding supplies needed to maintain uninterrupted operations on the

Operates and maintains laboratory equipment, tools and supplies.

Perform quality control checks, preventive maintenance, and calibration.

Perform minor repairs as necessary.

Monitor and maintain an appropriate supply inventory.

Complete supply requisition requests and coordinate ordering and delivery with procurement staff.

Use specialized clinical laboratory instruments and equipment (e.g., Luminex) to provide testing results to researchers.

Assist with the maintenance and updating of freezer inventories.

Manages blood inventory, arranging for import/export of necessary blood components

Assist laboratory managers comply with all institute, department and federal guidelines and regulations.

Maintain documentation in accordance with NIH and HHS standard operating procedures and policy.

Comply with laboratory SOPs, regulatory and safety guidelines and environmental policies and procedures; adhere to SOP and CAP

regulations for data input in laboratory information systems, storage and retrieval for information.

Comply with all State, Federal, CLIA, safety, OSHA, U. S. DOT and other government and applicable agency regulation.

Position is Tier I

Emergency Essential/Excepted and requires holiday, weekend and overtime hours

material, and statistical information; serve as resource for problem resolution, meeting client/customer needs.

Identify and report critical, abnormal and unacceptable test results and follows up according to established protocols.

Document test and analysis findings and provide summaries to clinical and medical staff.

Position is Tier I

Emergency Essential/Excepted and requires holiday, weekend and overtime hours

buffycoat from whole blood collections and pathogen reduced platelets. 4

Perform lot release and labeling for blood components

Evaluate testing and component orders for appropriateness based on screening criteria and communicate with clinical care team

Maintain documentation in accordance with standard operating procedures and policy.

Prepares, organizes and maintains various lab samples, supplies, and equipment

Operate laboratory equipment to include performance of quality control checks, preventative maintenance and calibration. 3

Manages blood component inventory, arranging for import/export of necessary blood components. 5

Monitor and maintain appropriate supply inventory levels.

Distribute samples to proper laboratory analytical section or affiliate laboratories as instructed by procedures and protocols.

Identify problems with instrumentation, methodology, specimens, supplies or results and take action as outline in procedures and

Learns new laboratory techniques and procedures

Use specialized clinical laboratory instruments and equipment to provide testing results.

Comply with laboratory standard operating procedures, regulatory and safety guidelines and environmental policies and procedures.

Research clinical and research regulatory requirements and recommend updates to processes and procedures.

Conducts technical training of clinical fellows, visiting scientists, medical laboratory science students and specialists.