What are the responsibilities and job description for the Extract Lab Tech position at ALLERGY PARTNERS?
Job Details
Job Location: 99-00-Extract Lab - Asheville, NC
Salary Range: Undisclosed
Description
The Extract lab technician must be able to correctly identify measure and mix ingredients in a collaborative, quiet environment. After 90 days the technician should be able to work independently with minimal guidance, servicing their assigned hubs. A good communication skill with co-workers is essentials.
Must be willing to work in all aspects of the lab
Required skills:
- Follows USP 797wears gloves, face shield or glasses and face mask, lab jacket, and hair covering
- Able to utilize a syringe/needle to draw up allergens and place in vials
- Able to work with various products to create patch panels
- Computer literacy with Microsoft products
- High school graduate, prefer AS/BA/BS in the life sciences or equivalent experience
- Ability to pass a written test on aseptic technique and extract preparation within 60 days
- Ability to be trained in the proper mixing and preparation of allergenic products and displays competency with mixing in 6-12 weeks
- Annually pass a media-fill test, as described in Addendum A in Table 9.1.
- Demonstrate understanding of antiseptic hand cleaning and surface disinfection
- Correctly identify, measure and mix antigens
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks at once
- Great communication skills with leaders and coworkers
- Great reading, writing, math and organization skills
- Detail oriented personality
- Able to lift up to 25 pounds
- The Extract Lab Technician will be flexible and be a team player to help accomplish the work involved daily, weekly and monthly at the lab.
- Professional and courteous with phone calls with physicians and staff from the hubs and with interactions with other staff members in the lab
- Other duties as assigned.
- Completes all assigned AP training (such as CPR, OSHA, HIPAA, Compliance, Information Security, others) within designated timeframes.
- Complies with Allergy Partners and respective hub/department policies and reports incidents of policy violations to a Supervisor/Manager/Director, Department of Compliance & Privacy or via the AP EthicsPoint hotline.
This job requires the following;
- Clean, appropriate scrubs, gloves, face shield, masks, and lab jacket. Compounding personnel wear hair covers, facial hair covers, and face masks/shields
- May wear Allergy Partners logoed or plain t-shirts and plain scrub pants
- Lab coat worn over scrubs, and buttoned
- Compounding personnel perform antiseptic hand cleansing with an alcohol-based surgical hand scrub with persistent activity.
- Compounding personnel wear powder-free sterile gloves
This job requires the following;
- Clean, appropriate scrubs, gloves, face shield, masks, and lab jacket. Compounding personnel wear hair covers, facial hair covers, and face masks/shields
- May wear Allergy Partners logoed or plain t-shirts and plain scrub pants
- Lab coat worn over scrubs, and buttoned
- Compounding personnel perform antiseptic hand cleansing with an alcohol-based surgical hand scrub with persistent activity.
- Compounding personnel wear powder-free sterile gloves
Qualifications
Prefer Pharmacy Tech, Certified Medical Assistant, or other medical background.
