What are the responsibilities and job description for the Laboratory Assistant 2 (24 Hours) (Part-Time) position at State of Connecticut - Office of the Chief Medical...?
The State of Connecticut, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) is a free-standing, modern facility located on the UCONN Health Center Campus in Farmington, CT. The office is a state-wide medical examiner system charged with the investigation of sudden and unexpected deaths that, by statute, fall under our jurisdiction.
We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented, Laboratory Assistant 2, to join our dynamic team.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU:
- A chance to work for a Forbes top company: ‘Forbes’ State of Connecticut Ranked One of the Best Employers of 2023 State of CT Receives National Recognition for Offering Job Growth, Competitive Benefits, and Flexible Schedule
- State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service. Click here for more information.
- Industry leading health benefits, including medical and dental coverage
- State Employee Retirment System (SERS) Tier IV (new hires after 7.17.23)
- Voluntary Deferred Compensation 45 Plan through Empower (formerly Prudential)
- Paid time off - including 13 holidays per calendar year
- Dedicated employee parking
POSITION HIGHLIGHTS:
- Onsite, at our main campus located on the UCONN Health Center Campus in Farmington, CT.
- Part-Time, 24 hours per week.
- Schedule: Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday 11:00pm - 7:30am with holiday coverage, as needed.
THE ROLE:
The Laboratory Assistant 2:- Answers incoming calls and inputs and/or edits cases into computerized system;
- Acts as liaison to police departments, hospitals and physicians;
- Types and assembles related paperwork;
- Checks and documents evidence;
- Relays information to public;
- Assists with preparing bodies for identification;
- May clean and sterilize glassware, utensils and laboratory instruments;
- May operate basic laboratory equipment;
- May prepare simple solutions and reagents;
- May be required to properly handle evidence, prepare biological samples for transportation to outside laboratories, assist with procedures in the in-house histology and anthropology laboratories and transport biological evidence to and from OCME; performs related duties as required.
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Selection Plan
In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. Applicants invited to interview may be required to submit additional documentation, which supports their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a resume, performance reviews, supervisory references, college transcripts, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the question's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.
Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign onto their Personal Status Board daily to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to drobitaille@ocme.org.
Should you have questions pertaining to any phase of this recruitment, please contact the hiring agency's human resources office: drobitaille@ocme.org, 860-679-3982.
NOTE: The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)
In a state health, academic or diagnostic laboratory this class is accountable for performing routine technical laboratory work with an emphasis on the preparation of simple as well as moderately complex solutions, stains, culture media and/or reagents, specimens/samples for analysis using simple as well as more advanced techniques and performance of routine technical examinations according to prescribed procedures.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
- Prepares simple as well as moderately complex solutions, stains, culture media and/or reagents;
- Prepares specimens/samples for analysis using simple as well as slightly more advanced techniques;
- Assists in or performs routine technical tests and examinations according to prescribed procedures;
- Prepares reports and maintains records of laboratory findings;
- May assist in training lower level laboratory employees in preparatory techniques and checking work for conformity with required procedures;
- Performs related duties as required.
In addition to those duties listed above, this position:
- Registering and gathering information on new cases
- Rename and upload identification documents
- Check and documents evidence
- Releases evidence
- Act as liaison to police, hospitals, pathologists
- Relays information to the public
- Performs in house testing as needed (CO)
- Train new hires
- May assist in providing coverage for Lab 3 during absences
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY
- Knowledge of laboratory equipment, procedures, techniques and terminology;
- Ability to
- carry out written and oral instructions;
- perform calculations according to prescribed procedures;
- keep technical records and prepare reports.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE
Two (2) years of experience in related laboratory work.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE
One (1) year of the General Experience must have been at the level of a Laboratory Assistant 1 or above.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED
College training in the biological or physical sciences may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Preference will be given to candidates with the following experience/training:
- Understanding of medical terminology
- Basic laboratory experience
- Interpersonal skills, to include oral and written communication
- Experience in a team lead capacity
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Incumbents in this class must be willing to undergo periodic tests or immunizations for communicable diseases as necessary.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Incumbents in this class may occasionally be required to lift standard laboratory equipment, supplies and/or bodies; may be exposed to some risk of injury from such elements as toxic vapors and toxic and/or disease carrying substances; may be exposed to moderately disagreeable conditions.