Extract Lab Tech - Allergy Partners : Job Details

Job DetailsJob Location99-00-Extract Lab - Asheville, NCDescriptionThe Extract lab technician must be able to correctly identify measure and mix ingredients in a collaborative, quiet environment. After 90 days the technician should be able to work independently with minimal guidance, servicing their assigned hubs. A good communication skill with co-workers is essentials. Must be willing to work in all aspects of the lab Required skills:

• Follows USP 797wears gloves, face shield or glasses and face mask, lab jacket, and hair covering
• Able to utilize a syringe/needle to draw up allergens and place in vials
• Able to work with various products to create patch panels
• Computer literacy with Microsoft products
• High school graduate, prefer AS/BA/BS in the life sciences or equivalent experience
• Ability to pass a written test on aseptic technique and extract preparation within 60 days
• Ability to be trained in the proper mixing and preparation of allergenic products and displays competency with mixing in 6-12 weeks
• Annually pass a media-fill test, as described in Addendum A in Table 9.1.
• Demonstrate understanding of antiseptic hand cleaning and surface disinfection
• Correctly identify, measure and mix antigens
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks at once
• Great communication skills with leaders and coworkers
• Great reading, writing, math and organization skills
• Detail oriented personality
• Able to lift up to 25 pounds
• The Extract Lab Technician will be flexible and be a team player to help accomplish the work involved daily, weekly and monthly at the lab.
• Professional and courteous with phone calls with physicians and staff from the hubs and with interactions with other staff members in the lab
• Other duties as assigned.
• Completes all assigned AP training (such as CPR, OSHA, HIPAA, Compliance, Information Security, others) within designated timeframes.
• Complies with Allergy Partners and respective hub/department policies and reports incidents of policy violations to a Supervisor/Manager/Director, Department of Compliance & Privacy or via the AP EthicsPoint hotline.

This job requires the following;

• Clean, appropriate scrubs, gloves, face shield, masks, and lab jacket. Compounding personnel wear hair covers, facial hair covers, and face masks/shields
• May wear Allergy Partners logoed or plain t-shirts and plain scrub pants
• Lab coat worn over scrubs, and buttoned
• Compounding personnel perform antiseptic hand cleansing with an alcohol-based surgical hand scrub with persistent activity.
• Compounding personnel wear powder-free sterile gloves

This job requires the following;

• Clean, appropriate scrubs, gloves, face shield, masks, and lab jacket. Compounding personnel wear hair covers, facial hair covers, and face masks/shields
• May wear Allergy Partners logoed or plain t-shirts and plain scrub pants
• Lab coat worn over scrubs, and buttoned
• Compounding personnel perform antiseptic hand cleansing with an alcohol-based surgical hand scrub with persistent activity.
• Compounding personnel wear powder-free sterile gloves

QualificationsPrefer Pharmacy Tech, Certified Medical Assistant, or other medical background.