Confirmation Extraction Chemist

Job description

GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY : Perform sample preparation, extraction, cleanup and support of analytical workflows with strict adherence to departmental procedures; work in compliance to departmental safety requirements consistent with good laboratory practices. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Notify management of needed supplies; assist with maintaining an inventory of consumables and receiving and stocking supplies. Other duties as assigned. - Receive and separate samples; verify proper chain of custody, prioritize re-preps, determine prep dilutions, create batch worksheet and labels, prep samples for drugs of abuse. - Monitor, maintain, clean, calibrate, and record needed documentation on equipment; manual single and multi-channel pipettors, balance, heat blocks, refrigerator, freezer, temperature monitoring system, glassware. - Operate, monitor, maintain, calibrate, troubleshoot, and record needed documentation on instrumentation; Tecan, microplate reader, microplate washer. - Maintain and distribute supplies; preparing reagents, re-filling troughs, re-furbishing materials needed for sample prep, keep work area neat and clean, following departmental clean up procedures in disposal...