Clinical Laboratory Technologist IV, 1st Shift, Sun-Wed (6am-4:30pm) # 4461

Our mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. We are working to change the trajectory of cancer mortality and bring stakeholders together to adopt innovative, safe, and effective technologies that can transform cancer care.
We are a healthcare company, pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. We have built a multi-disciplinary organization of scientists, engineers, and physicians and we are using the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges.
GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies.
For more information, please visit grail.com.
The Clinical Laboratory Technologist IV is responsible for performing high complexity laboratory testing on patientspecimens, performing quality control and quality assurance procedures and complying with all applicable local,state and federal laboratory requirements. The work requires maintaining meticulous and organized records,excellent attention to detail, the ability to multitask, be flexible with tasks and schedules and the ability to workindependently in a team environment.
This position works full-time onsite at our location in Durham, NCThis position is open on the 1st, Sun-Wed (6am-4:30pm)

Responsibilities:

• Perform tasks which require the exercise of independent judgment and responsibility, with minimal 
• supervision by the director or supervisor. 
• Perform pre-analytical and analytical procedures including testing, quality control, preparation and 
• aliquoting of reagents, analyses, and maintain records of tests according to the laboratory’s standard operating procedures. 
• Maintaining records that demonstrate proficiency testing samples are tested in the same manner as 
• patient specimens. 
• Adhere to laboratory’s quality assurance procedures, including documenting all: 
• Quality control activities 
• Instrument and equipment verifications 
• Maintenance and preventive maintenance 
• Follow the laboratory’s policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory’s established performance specifications. 
• Identify and document problems that may adversely affect test performance and notifying the supervisor, assistant director, or director. 
• Document all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory’s established 
• performance specifications. 
• Operate and maintain laboratory instruments and equipment according to laboratory standard operating procedures. 
• Troubleshoot and problem solve instrument issues. 
• Check and record temperature and perform root cause analysis of deviations and initiate a service request as necessary.
• Review, and interpret patient data as assigned. 
• Perform and document reagent qualifications per the approved protocols.
• Perform and document routine preventive maintenance. 
• Perform, review and document laboratory quality control procedures. 
• Report all concerns of test quality and/or safety to the Laboratory Manager or Safety Officer. 
• Communicate effectively with coworkers and non-laboratory personnel. 
• Identify process improvement opportunities and report to laboratory management. 
• Provide updates to Laboratory Supervisors/Leads regarding any issues. 
• Monitor data and process status as needed. 
• Participate in daily, weekly and monthly laboratory cleanliness activities/procedures. 
• Independently identify and troubleshoot minor problems that adversely affect the test performance. 
• Assist in sample and process troubleshooting. 
• Assist with training of new laboratory personnel and training of new procedures with existing personnel. 
• Participate in introduction of assay improvements, new assay configurations and validation. 
• Participate in cross-functional teams responsible for securing CLIA certification, CAP accreditation, and state licensure for the GRAIL Clinical Laboratory, including compliance with all applicable standards and regulations. 
• Perform other laboratory duties as needed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in medical technology or laboratory science from an accredited institution OR
• Bachelor’s degree in one of the chemical, physical, or biological sciences from an accredited institution and at least 6 months of acceptable supervised experience and/or relevant training 
• 2 + years of Clinical lab testing experience 
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