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UPMC is hiring a full-time Laboratory Support Technician to join the Shadyside Cytology Laboratory team! This is a daylight position working Monday through Friday - no weekends or holidays required!

Responsibilities:

+ Answers phone inquiries. Investigates specimen status and report disposition. Directs callers to additional resources as needed.

+ Receives, sorts, prepares and delivers testing-ready specimens for analysis to work areas.

+ Demonstrates service orientation approach by conveying courtesy, respect, enthusiasm and a positive attitude in work situations.

+ Performs routine and basic instrument maintenance according to established protocols. Records temperatures if required.

+ Assists with restocking supplies to maintain an optimal inventory. Maintains clean and orderly storage spaces for room temperature, refrigerated, and frozen supplies.

+ Prepares and replenishes instrument reagents and consumables as needed.

+ Performs QA / QC procedures as assigned.

+ Assists with specimen/slide storage and retrieval.

+ Checks pending work lists. Investigates and resolves any unprocessed work.

+ Decontaminates work area, keeping a neat and clean working environment.

+ Keeps any glassware clean and dry, including tests for residue removal as needed.

+ Tests and cleans emergency eyewashes and showers as assigned.

+ Sorts laboratory waste as needed and ensures that proper disposal occurs.

+ Transports specimens off-site and delivers supplies where required.

+ Prepares specimens at workstations for testing. Includes building worklists, checking specimens for acceptability (clots, QNS), aliquoting specimens, loading/unloading specimens onto instruments.

+ Prepares microscopic slides and plants specimens in microbiologic growth media where required.

+ High School diploma or equivalent, and at least 2 years experience as a Specimen Processor (or equivalent) required in a clinical lab, OR

+ Associate degree (with biology and chemistry courses) and at least 1 year of experience as a Specimen Processor (or equivalent) in a clinical lab, OR

+ Phlebotomy or Medical Assistant certification and 1 year of experience as a Specimen Processor (or equivalent) in a clinical lab, OR

+ Successful completion of a 50 week U.S. military medical laboratory training course, OR

+ B.S. degree from an accredited institution with a major in a biological or clinical laboratory science OR

+ Currently enrolled in a MLS (Medical Laboratory Scientist) or equivalent training program, with 3 years college credits required.Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

+ Medical Laboratory Assistant MLA (ASCP) or equivalent certification preferred.

+ Act 34

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran