Lab Assistant

Lab Assistant

Position Overview:

Prepares slides, monitors and records refrigerators, freezers, and water baths temperatures, retrieves/moves specimens to/from long term storage, assists in unpacking, loads and unloads samples and analyzers, and generates daily work lists for various teams (metrology, sample entry, stability, etc.).

Essential Functions:

• Sorts, scans, and assigns sequence numbers to different laboratory areas. Numbers HDL tubes for lipid laboratory.

• Processes samples for testing.

• Prepares reagents and pipettes/aliquots reagents under supervision.

• Prepares and stains hematology slides.

• Gathers, dumps, rinses, washes, dries, and restocks glassware and consumables in the laboratory.

• Performs limited, non-complex, waived tests for review by a team member.

• Performs daily work assignments accurately and in a timely manner.

Hard Skills:

Sample processing

Reagent preparation

Pipetting

Hematology slide preparation

Glassware handling

Waived test performance

Work Site:

This is a fully on-site position in Highland Heights, Kentucky.

Work Environment:

Shift: Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 5:00 pm

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

Hiring diverse talent

Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection

Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes

Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com (%20actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com) for other accommodation options.