At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together. Duke University Health System Clinical Laboratories 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 patients 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 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 $5,000 commitment bonus. Stem Cell or Blood Bank experience, as well as ASCP certification strongly preferred. General Description 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 37°C, 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 Duties1. QC on Sysmex Hematology Analyzer2. 37°C thawing of cellular products in STCL and on inpatient units3. Viability testing using trypan blue or automated method4. ABO/Rh confirmatory testing of cellular products5. Sterility testing of cellular products pre- and/or post-processing6. Dextran Albumin thawing of cellular products in the STCL7. Cryopreservation of cellular products HPC, Apheresis, HPC, Marrow, HPC, Cord Blood, MNC, Apheresis, etc8. CD34+ / CD56+ selection/depletion procedures9. Processing outgoing NMDP Be the Match products including CIBMTR data entry10. Processing incoming NMDP Be the Match products for infusion11. Processing of fresh, allogeneic products for cryopreservation, infusion12. Processing of fresh, autologous products for cryopreservation, infusion13. Disposal and documentation of cellular products approved for discard14. Working with liquid nitrogen freezers15. All other job-related duties that are deemed necessary in the laboratory. Duties Performed: Clerical or Administrative Duties1. STCL EMME
