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| n | 1 | Job Description: | n | 1 | Employment Duration: 6 months |
| 2 | Employment Duration: 6 months The Laboratory Assistant III processes specimens for the UCSF AIDS Spe | ||||
| > | cimen Bank. Specimens must be processed within hours of collection. The Specimen Bank also receives | ||||
| > | requests for specimens to be shipped to collaborators worldwide. The position is responsible for rec | ||||
| > | eiving, processing, and inventorying freshly collected specimens, including data entry and barcode s | ||||
| > | canning; receiving and inventorying frozen specimens; occasional travel to an off-site facility less | ||||
| > | than 15 miles from the primary worksite for specimen storage and retrieval; accessing freezer alarm | ||||
| > | s online 24/7; recording freezer temperatures and performing maintenance; making media and solutions | ||||
| > | ; preparing and shipping frozen biological specimens; and entering data into a Laboratory Informatio | ||||
| > | n Management System (LIMS). The Laboratory Assistant III also assists senior staff with specimen sto | ||||
| > | rage, laboratory equipment maintenance, and laboratory organization, including putting away supplies | ||||
| > | , cleaning countertops, and disposing of waste. This is an entry-level laboratory processing positio | ||||
| > | n. Key Responsibilities: Process PBMCs, serum, plasma, urine, saliva, genital fluids, other body flu | ||||
| > | ids, and tissues, and inventory samples into storage. Perform data entry in LDMS and/or spreadsheets | ||||
| > | . Retrieve specimens from various locations and consolidate specimen storage. Record and monitor fre | ||||
| > | ezers on and off site. Assist in preparing biohazardous shipments. Organize and clean laboratory wor | ||||
| > | k areas. Perform QC/QA of frozen samples for deposit into the biobank or outgoing shipments. Make st | ||||
| > | erile media and chemical solutions. Perform other duties as assigned. Acknowledge and address freeze | ||||
| > | r alarm alerts. Address specimen mislabeling, data entry errors, and proper labeling of hazardous sh | ||||
| > | ipments. Address delayed or lost shipments to or from the Specimen Bank. Report failed freezers requ | ||||
| > | iring repair to the supervisor. Report unacceptable specimens requiring specimen redraws or notifica | ||||
| > | tion of the study coordinator to the supervisor. Report poor-quality Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Ce | ||||
| > | ll (PBMC) isolations and findings to the supervisor. | ||||
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| t | 4 | Qualifications: | t | 3 | The Laboratory Assistant III processes specimens for the UCSF AIDS Specimen Bank. Specimens must be |
| > | processed within hours of collection. The Specimen Bank also receives requests for specimens to be | ||||
| > | shipped to collaborators worldwide. | ||||
| 5 | Required Qualifications: - High school graduation and three years of laboratory experience; or two y | 4 | |||
| > | ears of college, including courses in the natural, physical, or social sciences, and two years of la | ||||
| > | boratory experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. - Ability to lift 30– | ||||
| > | 40 pounds; frozen specimens are in heavy racks. - Organization and written and verbal communication | ||||
| > | skills. - Ability to navigate to and from freezer facilities, such as Parnassus and Oyster Point in | ||||
| > | South City. - Comfortable with email and accessing information from the internet. - Ability to acces | ||||
| > | s the temperature monitoring system online remotely from home. - Availability and ability to respond | ||||
| > | to after-hours freezer alarms/alerts at both Parnassus and the UCSF Oyster Point Warehouse Freezer | ||||
| > | Farm in South City. Preferred Qualifications: - Experience processing specimens. - Experience handli | ||||
| > | ng and processing human biological specimens. - Computer experience with general data entry systems. | ||||
| 5 | The position is responsible for receiving, processing, and inventorying freshly collected specimens | ||||
| > | , including data entry and barcode scanning; receiving and inventorying frozen specimens; occasional | ||||
| > | travel to an off-site facility less than 15 miles from the primary worksite for specimen storage an | ||||
| > | d retrieval; accessing freezer alarms online 24/7; recording freezer temperatures and performing mai | ||||
| > | ntenance; making media and solutions; preparing and shipping frozen biological specimens; and enteri | ||||
| > | ng data into a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). | ||||
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| 7 | The Laboratory Assistant III also assists senior staff with specimen storage, laboratory equipment | ||||
| > | maintenance, and laboratory organization, including putting away supplies, cleaning countertops, and | ||||
| > | disposing of waste. This is an entry-level laboratory processing position. | ||||
| 8 | |||||
| 9 | Key Responsibilities: | ||||
| 10 | * Process PBMCs, serum, plasma, urine, saliva, genital fluids, other body fluids, and tissues, and | ||||
| > | inventory samples into storage. | ||||
| 11 | * Perform data entry in LDMS and/or spreadsheets. | ||||
| 12 | * Retrieve specimens from various locations and consolidate specimen storage. | ||||
| 13 | * Record and monitor freezers on and off site. | ||||
| 14 | * Assist in preparing biohazardous shipments. | ||||
| 15 | * Organize and clean laboratory work areas. | ||||
| 16 | * Perform QC/QA of frozen samples for deposit into the biobank or outgoing shipments. | ||||
| 17 | * Make sterile media and chemical solutions. | ||||
| 18 | * Perform other duties as assigned. | ||||
| 19 | * Acknowledge and address freezer alarm alerts. | ||||
| 20 | * Address specimen mislabeling, data entry errors, and proper labeling of hazardous shipments. | ||||
| 21 | * Address delayed or lost shipments to or from the Specimen Bank. | ||||
| 22 | * Report failed freezers requiring repair to the supervisor. | ||||
| 23 | * Report unacceptable specimens requiring specimen redraws or notification of the study coordinator | ||||
| > | to the supervisor. | ||||
| 24 | * Report poor-quality Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell (PBMC) isolations and findings to the super | ||||
| > | visor. | ||||