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Laboratory Technician - Rochester, United States - Actalent
Description
Description:
The Clinical & Forensic Toxicology Technician performs immunoassay screening as well as confirmatory and targeted screening analyses. Confirmatory testing is performed on both gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) platforms and utilize solid phase extraction (SPE), supported liquid extraction (SLE), liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) as well as dilute-and-shoot for sample preparation. Additional sample preparations may involve a protein crash or hydrolysis pre-treatments depending on the analytes in question. Targeted screening assays are dilute-and-shoot assays running on LC-MS/MS platforms with high resolution accurate mass (HRAM) analyzers.
This is a 24-hour laboratory, 365 days a year. We are mainly testing for drugs of abuse, including illegal ones, and legal ones that have a tendency to be abused. We test primarily for pain centers and hospital settings and do no workplace drug testing. We do perform Chain of Custody testing. Our matrices include urine, meconium, oral fluids, serum, and whole blood. Our 1st and 2nd shift are the biggest shifts and put through most of the testing.
Skills:
Laboratory, Medical Laboratory Technician, Medical Technologist, biology, specimen processing, chemistry, instrumentation
Additional Skills & Qualifications:
Must Have: Bachelor's degree in chemistry or a human biological science is required. These degrees include, but are not limited to: Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Animal Science, Marine Biology, Neuroscience, etc.
Experience Level:
Entry Level
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.
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