Medical Lab Scientist - Stem Cell Lab - Second Shift

Medical Lab Scientist, Advanced in the Stem Cell Lab at Duke University Hospital

Pursue your passion for caring and innovation as a team member in the state-of-the-art Duke Health laboratories. Duke Health laboratories are College of American Pathologists accredited and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments certified. The multidisciplinary team is committed to serving the rare and complex testing needs of Duke Health patients by providing timely and accurate results, educating the next generation of laboratorians, scientists and physicians, and researching and developing the cutting-edge diagnostics of tomorrow.

This position is eligible for the second-shift differential and a $5,000 commitment bonus.

Stem Cell or Blood Bank experience, as well as ASCP certification strongly preferred.

General Description: Perform a variety of routine and complex technical tasks in the performance of laboratory tests and procedures to obtain data for use in the treatment of disease. Job duties include, but are not limited, quality control, clerical tasks (EMMES data entry, patient lab file reviews, completion of CIMBTR forms, etc). ABO Typing, viability testing, sterility testing, thawing of cellular products (37°C, Dextran Albumin Thaws), and cryopreservation of autologous and allogeneic cellular products to include, but not limited to: HPC, Cord Blood, HPC, Apheresis, HPC, Marrow, MNC, Apheresis, etc. Receipt and/or distribution of incoming or outgoing NMDP cellular products using sterile techniques.

Duties Performed: (Technical Duties)

• QC on Sysmex Hematology Analyzer
• 37°C thawing of cellular products (in STCL and on inpatient units)
• Viability testing using trypan blue (or automated method)
• ABO/Rh confirmatory testing of cellular products
• Sterility testing of cellular products pre- and/or post-processing
• Dextran Albumin thawing of cellular products in the STCL
• Cryopreservation of cellular products (HPC, Apheresis, HPC, Marrow, HPC, Cord Blood, MNC, Apheresis, etc)
• CD34+ / CD56+ selection/depletion procedures
• Processing outgoing NMDP (Be the Match) products including CIBMTR data entry
• Processing incoming NMDP (Be the Match) products for infusion
• Processing of fresh, allogeneic products for cryopreservation, infusion
• Processing of fresh, autologous products for cryopreservation, infusion
• Disposal and documentation of cellular products approved for discard
• Working with liquid nitrogen freezers
• All other job-related duties that are deemed necessary in the laboratory

Duties Performed: (Clerical or Administrative Duties)

• STCL EMMES database data entry requirements
• EPIC (clinical medical record used on-site)
• File Reviews required for laboratory batch records
• Completion of quality control worksheets daily, weekly, monthly, etc
• Filing of laboratory results in designated/secured file cabinets
• Processing and testing of outgoing NMDP products including completion of CIBMTR data forms to meet deadlines
• Processing and testing of incoming NMDP products for infusion
• Processing and testing of allogeneic fresh products for infusion

Equipment Used:

• Biological safety cabinets (BSC)
• 37°C water bath
• Sysmex XN-450 hematology analyzer (or equivalent)
• BacTAlert 3D Microbiology analyzer
• 1-10 °C refrigerators
• -20°C freezers
• -80°C freezers
• Cryomed controlled rate freezing chambers
• LN2 vapor freezers
• Light microscope
• LN2 dry shippers (MVE, etc)
• Sorvall RC3C Plus refrigerated centrifuge or equivalent
• Mini-vortex
• Sebra heat sealer
• Sterile tubing welder
• Pipets
• Plasma extractor
• Digital scale
• Manual tubing stripper
• Demand 128 label printer and labeling software (DigiTrax)
• Cellometer
• Miltenyi CliniMACS
• Computers
• REES Temperature Monitoring System
• Demand ISBT 128 Labeling System for cellular products

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelors of Science/Bachelor of Arts in Chemical, Physical, Biological, or Clinical Laboratory Science; or Medical Technology required. Minimum educational or experience requirements may be modified on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment) director if minimal CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment) requirements are met by the employee for the tasks being performed.

Experience: None required

Degrees, Licensures, Certifications: Certification preferred.