Lab Assistant

Lab AssistantPride Health is hiring a Lab Assistant to support our client's healthcare facility in Indianapolis IN 46250.Schedule: Monday - Friday, potential Saturday or Sunday 10:30 am - 7Location: Indianapolis IN 46250Job Type: local contractContract Length: 3 months+Pay Range: $18-$20 per hour *Pay offered is based on experience, expertise, credentialing, and education.Duties:Specimen Processing & Preparation: Receive, sort, centrifuge, aliquot, label, and prepare specimens for laboratory testing; check specimens for clots and fibrin and ensure proper storage and retrieval.Laboratory Operations: Prepare workstations, build worklists, prepare reagents/media, perform slide preparation and inoculation, and assist laboratory staff with routine testing activities.Quality Control & Equipment Maintenance: Perform assigned QA/QC activities, routine instrument maintenance, temperature monitoring, and weekly radioactive wipe tests.Laboratory Safety & Compliance: Follow PPE and safety requirements, decontaminate work areas, properly dispose of biohazardous materials, and maintain a safe laboratory environment.Documentation & Laboratory Support: Maintain department records and files, resolve pending lists, locate missing samples, enter data into laboratory computer systems, and complete required training and competency checklists.Requirements:Education: High school diploma or equivalent - REQUIREDLicense(s): preferredCertification(s): preferredYears of experience: Three years phlebotomy experience requiredSkills/Specialties/Technology: Specimen Processing & Preparation, Centrifugation & Aliquoting, Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) & Data Entry, QA/QC & Laboratory Safety CompliancePride-Health offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors. Equal Employment OpportunityPride-Health is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.Fair Chance EmploymentPride-Health is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.AccommodationsWe are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.Only applicable for San Francisco Candidates: Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.Only applicable for Kentucky positions: For this type of employment, state law requires a criminal record check as a condition of employment. This applies to direct care staff (Examples: RN, LPN, Nurse Aides, Therapists) referred to Kentucky nursing facilities, assisted living communities, or long-term care facilities, in accordance with KRS 216.793. Pride Global