Medical Lab Scientist, Advanced - Stem Cell Lab - Second Shift

Medical Lab Scientist, Advanced - Stem Cell Lab - Second Shift

Pursue your passion for caring and innovation as a team member in the state-of-the-art Duke Health laboratories. Duke Health laboratories are College of American Pathologists accredited and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certified. The multidisciplinary team is committed to serving the rare and complex testing needs of Duke Health's diverse patient population by providing timely and accurate results, educating the next generation of laboratorians, scientists and physicians, and researching and developing the cutting-edge diagnostics of tomorrow.

Medical Lab Scientist, Advanced in the Stem Cell Lab at Duke University Hospital. Monday - Friday, Second Shift: either 11:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m. or 12:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. One on-call Saturday per month. This position is eligible for the second-shift differential and a $7,500 commitment bonus.

Perform a variety of routine and complex technical tasks in the performance of laboratory tests and procedures to obtain data for use in the treatment of disease. Job duties include, but are not limited, quality control, clerical tasks (EMMES data entry, patient lab file reviews, completion of CIMBTR forms, etc). ABO Typing, viability testing, sterility testing, thawing of cellular products (37C, Dextran Albumin Thaws), and cryopreservation of autologous and allogeneic cellular products to include, but not limited to: HPC, Cord Blood, HPC, Apheresis, HPC, Marrow, MNC, Apheresis, etc. Receipt and/or distribution of incoming or outgoing NMDP cellular products using sterile techniques.

Duties Performed: (Technical Duties) 1. QC on Sysmex Hematology Analyzer 2. 37C thawing of cellular products (in STCL and on inpatient units) 3. Viability testing using trypan blue (or automated method) 4. ABO/Rh confirmatory testing of cellular products 5. Sterility testing of cellular products pre- and/or post-processing 6. Dextran Albumin thawing of cellular products in the STCL 7. Cryopreservation of cellular products (HPC, Apheresis, HPC, Marrow, HPC, Cord Blood, MNC, Apheresis, etc) 8. CD34+ / CD56+ selection/depletion procedures 9. Processing outgoing NMDP (Be the Match) products including CIBMTR data entry 10. Processing incoming NMDP (Be the Match) products for infusion 11. Processing of fresh, allogeneic products for cryopreservation, infusion 12. Processing of fresh, autologous products for cryopreservation, infusion 13. Disposal and documentation of cellular products approved for discard 14. Working with liquid nitrogen freezers 15. All other job-related duties that are deemed necessary in the laboratory.

Duties Performed: (Clerical or Administrative Duties) 1. STCL EMMES database data entry requirements 2. EPIC (clinical medical record used on-site) 3. File Reviews required for laboratory batch records 4. Completion of quality control worksheets daily, weekly, monthly, etc 5. Filing of laboratory results in designated/secured file cabinets 6. Processing and testing of outgoing NMDP products including completion of CIBMTR data forms to meet deadlines 7. Processing and testing of incoming NMDP products for infusion 8. Processing and testing of allogeneic fresh products for infusion

Equipment Used: 1. Biological safety cabinets (BSC) 2. 37C water bath 3. Sysmex XN-450 hematology analyzer (or equivalent) 4. BacTAlert 3D Microbiology analyzer 5. 1-10 C refrigerators 6. -20C freezers 7. -80C freezers 8. Cryomed controlled rate freezing chambers 9. LN2 vapor freezers 10. Light microscope 11. LN2 dry shippers (MVE, etc) 12. Sorvall RC3C Plus refrigerated centrifuge or equivalent 13. Mini-vortex 14. Sebra heat sealer 15. Sterile tubing welder 16. Pipets 17. Plasma extractor 18. Digital scale 19. Manual tubing stripper 20. Demand 128 label printer and labeling software (DigiTrax) 21. Cellometer 22. Miltenyi CliniMACS 23. Computers 24. REES Temperature Monitoring System 25. Demand ISBT 128 Labeling System for cellular products

Required Qualifications

Education Bachelors of Science/Bachelor of Arts in Chemical, Physical, Biological or Clinical Laboratory Science; or Medical Technology. Generalist certification required for General labs. Generalist/Specialty certification required for specialty labs.

Experience Two years experience as a certified MLS. Blood Bank experience or work in a Cellular Therapy Lab strongly preferred.

Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification Generalist/Specialty Certification by a nationally recognized board/agency (required). Certification will vary depending on laboratory. Master in Science in lieu of certification for Biochemical Genetics Laboratory. ASCP or NCA strongly preferred.