Newborn Screening Medical Laboratory Technologist
The Newborn Screening (NBS) Unit of the NC State Laboratory of Public Health is currently accepting applications for a Newborn Screening Medical Laboratory Technologist II. The NBS unit's primary purpose is to provide timely and accurate testing for North Carolinians in order to identify potentially life-threatening conditions in newborns.
The Newborn Screening Medical Laboratory Technologist II works in the Tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS/MS) laboratory. This laboratory performs dried blood spot (DBS) screening on newborns for fatty acid oxidation disorders, organic acid disorders, and amino acid disorders.
Responsibilities include:
- Performing technically complex laboratory procedures while following proper standard and universal precautions on clinical specimens
- Sorting and accessioning samples, then creating, exporting, and importing specimen test worksheets using a computer program and Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
- Processing samples by precision reverse pipetting
- Routine and detailed analysis
- Troubleshooting and calibrating laboratory instrumentation
- Preparing reagent stock solutions
- Preparing quality control materials
- Communicating technical information verbally and in writing
- Maintaining SmartVue data logs
- Conduct QA activities as part of the Quality Assurance program
- Maintaining and tracking all lab inventory
- Providing information to physicians, birthing hospitals, local health departments, and other healthcare provider
Work Location: 4312 District Drive, Raleigh NC 27607
Education Requirements: Must meet CLIA '88 requirements for testing personnel in a high complexity laboratory. Applicants must provide copies of their transcript(s) and/or certification(s) to be considered for the position. Candidates must have at least an associate's in laboratory science or medical laboratory technology. For Bachelor's degrees, the degree must be in a chemical (chemistry), physical, biological (Biology), or clinical laboratory science.