Part Time Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) - Quality Control Licensed Analyst I
United States, California, City of Industry
Do you want to contribute to a larger purpose to save the lives of infants in the NICU? This is Prolacta Bioscience's mission! Take a look at this opportunity with our Quality Control team, which is seeking a passionate individual, to fill the role of our QC Licensed Analyst I.
This part time (20 hours per week) role provides support of high complexity testing as well as daily routine testing of incoming raw milk samples, in-process, finished product, and stability samples.
How you will contribute
- Setting up, performing high complexity testing and reporting test results.
- Preparing reagents/controls and maintaining inventory of reagents and supplies.
- Performing instrument maintenance and maintaining daily temperature charts.
- Performing proficiency testing, competency assessment, parallel testing of instruments and reagents and maintaining records.
- Performing data entry into LIMS and other databases.
- Providing oversight of non-licensed personnel during execution of high complexity testing.
- Demonstrating a full understanding of routine and clinical laboratory procedures.
- Following established procedures and guidelines to perform high complexity and routine laboratory procedures to test the quality of incoming samples.
- Working on moderately complex projects with team members as needed.
- Applying knowledge of policies, practices, and underlying concepts to assignments.
- Effectively completing assigned projects.
- Serving as a technical resource.
- Utilizing significant knowledge of laboratory testing in preparing conclusions and recommendations for investigations: LIR/NC/CAPA.
- Completing laboratory testing on all samples in an accurate, efficient and timely manner.
- Maintaining a safe and clean laboratory.
- Disposing of hazardous/biohazardous wastes according to Prolacta established procedures.
- May provide leadership and/or guidance to junior colleagues on a semi-regular basis.
What you bring to the role
- Must have an active CA CLS or MLS license.
- Bachelor's degree in Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Chemical Engineering, or other related discipline.
- General lab experience, including experience with general lab equipment and good laboratory practices are a must.
- Able to multi-task and work at a fast-paced level.
- Minimum of 4 years hands-on experience in clinical and/or medical laboratory experience; qPCR testing experience is preferred.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to effectively communicate (e.g., talking/hearing), walk, sit, use hands and fingers to handle, feel and reach things. The employee is occasionally required to taste, smell, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Employee will frequently lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus.
Sedentary to light work; repetitive motions; pushing; pulling; visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures, transcribe, view a computer terminal.
EEO Statement
Prolacta Bioscience, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Prolacta Bioscience, Inc. is committed to a proactive program of affirmative action and diversity development. The Company will continue to recruit, hire, train, and promote into all job levels without regard to race, religion, gender, marital status, familial status, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, source of income, or veteran status.
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