- Location
- Atlanta, GA, US
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- IT
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- iCIMS
Description
Overview
Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.
Responsibilities
Functions as an experienced team member assisting Lab Supervisor in the day-to-day operations of High-Complexity Testing Laboratories and is committed to utilizing the most current technologies available. Performs a wide range of FDA-approved and laboratory-developed procedures in high volume clinical lab settings. Actively participates in performing complex laboratory-developed tests and validating novel assays.
Qualifications
REQUIRED
Requirements for Molecular Diagnostics Lab Scientist II
- Must have a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Medical Technology/Biochemistry/ Biology or other Life Science disciplines from an accredited college or university.
- Must have Georgia recognized certification in Medical Technology or being eligible for Three (3) years of molecular biology clinical laboratory experience;
- Must submit to a Color-Acuity screening Test
Requirements for Flow Cytometry Lab Scientist II
- Must have a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Medical Technology/Immunology/Biology or other Life Science disciplines from an accredited college or university.
- Must have Georgia recognized certification in Medical Technology or being eligible for
- Three (3) years of clinical multi-color flow cytometry experience.
- Must submit to a Color-Acuity screening Test
PREFERRED
Preferred for Molecular Diagnostics Lab Scientist II
- Basic knowledge of assay development.
- Knowledge of molecular diagnostic software for sequence analysis and DNA-fragment analysis.
- Ability to prioritize required duties and responsibilities.
- Skills to define problems, to collect data, to establish facts and to draw valid conclusions.
- Experience in various methods of nucleic acids purification (DNA or RNA)
- Knowledge of various platforms for real-time PCR (TAQMAN, FRET, etc)
- Familiarity with gene sequencing platforms (STR analysis, Sangers’ sequencing, NEXTGEN sequencing)
- Basic computer skills: knowledge of MS Office (Excel, MS Word); basic statistics skills; understanding of laboratory information systems.
- Demonstrates excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to adjust to flexible schedules varied hours or work on-call.
Preferred for Flow Cytometry Lab Scientist II
- Experience with operations of 10+ color BD flow cytometers (Canto, Lyric).
- Knowledge of immunophenotyping for hematologic malignancies, data analysis and reporting.
- Basic knowledge of assay development
- Knowledge of basic statistical analysis for flow cytometry and quality control programs for Laboratory Developed Assays.
- Ability to prioritize required duties and responsibilities.
- Ability to define problems, collects data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral and diagram or schedule form.
- Expertise in a wide menu of clinical flow tests (Immunophenotyping; CD34 enumeration; Lymphocyte Subset Enumeration).
- Familiarity with immunophenotyping for hematologic malignancies, data analysis and reporting.
- Knowledge of flow cytometry analysis software, familiarity with antibody panel design.
- Basic computer skills: knowledge of MS Word, Excel and laboratory information systems.
- Demonstrates excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Able to adjust to the flexible schedule, varied hours or work on call.