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Washington State University Clinical Pathology Laboratory Assistant 2-Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Pullman, Washington
Clinical Pathology Laboratory Assistant 2-Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Available Title(s):
510F-YNCSNPS - Laboratory Assistant 2
Business Title:
Clinical Pathology Laboratory Assistant 2-Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Employee Type:
Classified
Time Type:
Full time
Position Term:
12 Month
Position Details:
Summary of Duties:
Laboratory Assistant will perform basic testing with supervision. Loading of samples on instruments, performing dilutions, aliquoting samples, operating centrifuges, heat bathes, staining slides, and maintaining basic testing equipment. Registering patients in the hospital information system and in the laboratory information system, accessioning samples, maintains a certification for shipping and packaging of exempt animal and category B test samples. Submission form reconciliation and monitoring, ordering and purchase of tests via online reference lab access and various other tasks to ensure laboratory tests used in screening, diagnosing, and treating animal diseases are processed for clinical testing. Documents clinical diagnostic laboratory tests receipt, recording results in logs, and evaluate invoices for test results completion, contacts appropriate personnel for tests with pending status and missing information. Other duties will include but are not limited to transporting samples, ordering supplies, answering phones, disposal of waste and paper, cleaning, and perform routine storage and organization of laboratory slides and documents.
Required Qualifications:
• One year's experience as a Laboratory Assistant 1 OR equivalent education/experience.
• Demonstrated strong computer skills and data entry proficiency.
• Demonstrated competency with Microsoft Office Suite software, including Word, Excel and Access.
• Demonstrated strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• May require some evening and weekend shifts.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience working in a diagnostic laboratory setting.
• Experience working in an educational setting, including providing instruction to others.
• Experience tracking disposable inventory.
Additional Information:
Area/College:
College of Veterinary Medicine
Department Name:
Veterinary Teaching Hospital
City, State, Zip:
Pullman, WA 99164
Department Link:
https://hospital.vetmed.wsu.edu
Monthly Salary:
$3,643 to $4,865 | Range 42 (Steps A-M) | Successful candidates typically begin at the beginning of the salary range and receive scheduled salary increment increases in accordance with https://https:/app.leg.wa.gov/WAC/default.aspx?cite=357-28.
WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes: paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation and optional supplemental retirement accounts.
For a more detailed summary of benefits offered by WSU for classified staff visit: https://hrs.wsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-Benefit-Overview-for-Civil-Service.pdf.
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