Viral Culture/Rabies Medical Lab Technologist
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Job Description:This position serves as a technologist in a clinical laboratory that performs rabies necropsy, cell culture, viral culture, and molecular technical assays for the detection of viruses causing various infectious diseases. Evaluation of specimens for these infectious agents involves the utilization of a variety of highly technical semi-automated and manual procedures with strict demands for quality assurance.
The incumbent in this position will:
- Provide testing capacity for the Viral Culture/Rabies Laboratory by performing rabies necropsy, rabies testing, viral culture, and molecular methodologies for the detection of pathogenic human viruses in clinical specimens
- Be responsible for maintenance of tissue culture cell lines, clinical specimen processing, and inoculation of tissue culture cell lines with clinical specimens
- Provide clinical interpretation of results to program area staff and physicians, and advise and consult with clinicians and programmatic staff regarding diagnosis and treatment
- Be responsible for performing tests accurately and in the established turn-around time, as well as recording and evaluating daily quality control for each assigned assay
- Perform, record, and evaluate daily, weekly, and monthly maintenance on equipment used in the laboratory.
Degrees wanted: Bachelor's degree and/or above in the fields of medical technology, clinical laboratory science, microbiology, biological science, or chemistry. Degrees outside of these fields will not be considered due to federal regulations (candidates must meet CLIA '88 requirements for testing personnel in a high complexity laboratory).
No engineering or social science majors, please!