Overview

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 Duties) 1. QC on Sysmex Hematology Analyzer2. 37 C 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 requirements2. 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. 37 C water bath3. Sysmex XN-450 hematology analyzer (or equivalent) 4. BacTAlert 3D Microbiology analyzer 5. 1-10 C refrigerators 6. -20 C freezers 7. -80 C 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.