LABORATORY ASSISTANT I - Public Health

Summary

GRANT FUNDED

Provide support services to the consumer microbiology, clinical and BREA sections of the Tarrant County Public Health/North Texas Regional Laboratory. Includes duties with customer service, money-handling, data input, billing, laboratory sterilization processes, and receipt support.

THIS POSTING MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME ONCE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED

Tarrant County employees enjoy superior health, retirement, and insurance benefits.

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Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Performs cashier duties including preparing cash register for daily operation, accepting payments, closing out the cash register daily and bimonthly, and preparing daily deposits and verification logs.
• Serves as backup for completion of monthly revenue reports for the cash register intake. Inputs billing data; generates monthly statements and invoices, and posts payments received.
• Evaluates the acceptability of water samples based on TNI regulations and internal policies and rejects or accepts samples based on specified criteria. Guides customers to provide correct and complete submission information to achieve regulatory compliance.
• Enters submission data accurately into the Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS). Creates and manages client profiles in the LIMS to ensure accurate sample processing and reporting. Manages the water customer web portal and assists customers with the lobby kiosk.
• Performs decontamination, cleaning, and sterilization procedures of lab reagents and equipment in compliance with regulatory guidelines for the various sections within the lab. Maintains and operates autoclaves, sterilizing ovens, labware washer, incubators, and specialized thermometers.
• Performs quality control procedures and equipment maintenance for the section. Documents and evaluates acceptability of results per regulatory requirements.
• Performs receptionist duties for the lab including direct, email, and telephone customer contact. Responds to routine information requests and directs more complex matters to the appropriate laboratory personnel.
• Ensures that the security admittance procedures are followed and documented appropriately.
• Maintains appropriate inventory of general laboratory supplies and section-specific supplies including inventory rotation from the offsite supply warehouse, which involves both manual inventory and tracking in SAP and spreadsheets.
• Completes daily outgoing mail runs and distributes incoming mail to the appropriate staff.
• Maintains electronic and physical files for tracking, reporting, and record retention for multiple sections in the laboratory to ensure compliance and allow inquiry resolutions.
• Responds as needed in the event of a bioterrorism event or any public health threat.
• Performs all other related duties as assigned.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

NOTE: You must fill out the work history and education sections of application to show you have years of experience/education as required by hiring department or be disqualified.

TO APPLY , must have a High School Diploma, GED or higher education + Two (2) full-time years of clerical or laboratory work experience.

• General computer skills with knowledge of spreadsheets.
• Good written/oral communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work with the public.
• General knowledge of accounting, bookkeeping, and cash handling.
• Ability to perform basic level lab techniques such as sterilization, media prep, and universal safety precautions.
  
  

If hired, you must provide proof of educational attainment at new hire processing

Tarrant County will conduct background checks on new hires that will include a criminal background check related to convictions and deferred adjudication in the past seven years and may include credit reports, motor vehicle records, employment records and educational attainment. A conviction or deferred adjudication is not an automatic bar to employment. Each case is considered individually.

Physical Demands And Work Environment & Other Requirements

While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and bend. Incumbent must be able to lift up to forty (40) pounds. Work environment will include possible exposure to bioterrorism agents, select agents, infectious agents, blood, bodily fluids, corrosive chemicals, organic solvents, needles, open flames, steam, and extreme heat.