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GeneDx · 19 hours ago

Lab Technician

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$21.50/hr - $21.50/hr

GeneDx is a company that delivers personalized and actionable health insights to inform diagnosis and improve drug discovery. The Lab Technician for OneLab performs an entry-level role in testing clinical DNA specimens for diagnosing genetic diseases, using both manual and automated methods while adhering to established policies and procedures.

AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Health CareHealth DiagnosticsMachine LearningMedicalPredictive Analytics

Responsibilities

Learns and follows the established standard operating procedures for specimen handling and processing, test analysis, record-keeping, and reporting of results to team leads, supervisors and test managers, where such tests require the exercise of limited independent judgment and responsibility

Adheres to quality control policies; documents all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations, reagent preparation and testing, and instrument maintenance performed

Identifies problems that may adversely affect test performance, takes authorized corrective actions, and notifies key individuals

Detects when test performance is not within acceptable levels. Documents all corrective action

Always be able to document that proficiency testing is performed in the same manner as patient testing

Meets or exceeds target workload with high accuracy and attention to detail

Other duties may be assigned

Qualification

Medical technologyLaboratory scienceCLIA certificationQuality controlData analysisAttention to detailTeam collaborationProblem-solvingCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in medical technology, laboratory science, or in one of the chemistry, physical, or biological sciences and meets CLIA, CAP, and New York State CLEP personnel standards criteria

Mathematical, computer, reasoning, and language skills at the professional level

Adheres to quality control policies; documents all quality control activities, instrument and procedural calibrations, reagent preparation and testing, and instrument maintenance performed

Identifies problems that may adversely affect test performance, takes authorized corrective actions, and notifies key individuals

Detects when test performance is not within acceptable levels. Documents all corrective action

Always be able to document that proficiency testing is performed in the same manner as patient testing

Meets or exceeds target workload with high accuracy and attention to detail