Temporary Lab Assistant - Days

As a temporary Laboratory Assistant at IDEXX, you will be assisting with some of the many tasks vital to the running of our network of Reference Labs. We receive thousands of clinical samples (blood, urine, fecal samples) every day from Veterinary Clinics, and we run tests on those samples to help veterinarians identify what might be wrong with someone's pet.   In this role, you will be helping to sort, tag, and prepare veterinary samples for testing.  Every sample you help to move along quickly and accurately in the process means we are one step closer to finding out how or why the pet might be sick.  Thanks to you, someone's very beloved pet will get the treatment plan they need - how great is that?     

Want to learn more about temp positions in our Parasitology Department? Check out what our employees have to say:  

• Why Parasitology is Important to IDEXX with Ashley Lemley, Labs Manager 

• What You Need to Succeed in Parasitology with Timothy Ives, Lab Supervisor 

• The Best Part About Working in Parasitology - Stephanie McAdam, Medical Laboratory Technician 

Want to see more videos about working in our lab? Check out these videos: https://vimeo.com/idexxcareers 

IDEXX Reference Laboratories are a global network united by a shared commitment to enhancing pet care where the true strength in our name is the people behind it. Our reference laboratories make it possible for our customers to discover more with our unrelenting commitment to innovation, personalized support, guidance, and expertise, while providing the most complete and advanced menu of diagnostic tests along with technology and tools.    

In This Role:   

In the Parasitology Department, to be clear, you'll be working specifically with the fecal samples we receive. We can learn a lot about a pet's health via what's happening in the litter box. In this role, you'll be assisting with the process of preparing the samples and getting them ready to go under the microscope for analysis. You might be picking up the samples from Sample Management, racking up samples, adding liquid chemicals, restocking, treating samples, or moving those samples along in the process. Successful candidates in this role are happy with repetitive work processes, are able to follow SOP's, are excited about a job that is fast-paced, science-based and always busy, working towards TAT each morning.  

Responsibilities will include but may not be limited to:    

• Currently our greatest need is in our Parasitology Department. This is the area of the lab where the samples first arrive.  

• You might be racking up samples, adding liquid chemicals, restocking, treating samples, or moving those samples along in the process 

• You may be restocking supplies, such as chemicals or slide trays.    

• You could be helping to load analyzers with slides of samples.  

• You might be assisting with inventory counts.    

• You will be asked to help in out many ways – and your help is needed!    

Pay & Schedule:   

• Hourly rates targeting: $19.27/hr

• This is a 90-Day temporary position where you will be working 40 hours / week.

• The schedule will likely be Tues - Sat  10:00am - 6:30pm

• Sometimes during our busy season, we ask workers if they would be able to work overtime, and stay until the wor