Join a dynamic, fast-paced laboratory team in Irving, TX, as a Specimen Technician I. Operating on-site within a high-volume production environment, this critical role serves as the backbone of our specimen processing workflow. You will handle essential pre-analytical support functions-including sorting, aliquoting, and precise data entry-ensuring that patient samples are swiftly and safely prepared for clinical testing. If you are a highly organized individual with strong attention to detail, a flexible mindset, and a desire to kickstart your career in the healthcare and life sciences sector, this position offers a stable entry point at $20.00/hr, primarily supporting vital nightshift operations.
location: Irving, Texas
job type: Contract
salary: $18 - 20 per hour
work hours: 11 to 7
education: High School
responsibilities:
- Specimen Processing: Perform general support functions including sorting, routing, centrifuging, and aliquoting clinical specimens with a high degree of accuracy and confidence.
- High-Speed Data Entry: Input patient and test data efficiently into laboratory computer systems, maintaining a required speed of at least 6,000 alphanumeric keystrokes per hour.
- Regulatory Compliance: Learn, understand, and rapidly adapt to evolving compliance regulations and specimen requirements related to client test orders.
- Logistics & Material Handling: Manage the pickup and delivery of processed specimens directly to the testing laboratory departments; assist with imaging and microfilming documentation as needed.
- Safety & Environment: Work safely within a biohazard environment, strictly adhering to core company values, safety protocols, PPE requirements, and compliance policies while keeping the work area clean.
- Shift Flexibility: Adapt to changing departmental demands, with primary placement on the nightshift, and maintain availability for weekends, holidays, on-call shifts, and overtime as dictated by staffing needs.
qualifications:
Required
- Education: High school diploma or equivalent.
- Technical Skills: Basic proficiency with computers and software, with the ability to meet the alphanumeric data entry speed threshold (6,000 keystrokes/hour).
- Physical Capabilities: Ability to sit or stand for extended periods within a production laboratory environment.
- Soft Skills: Strong organizational skills, effective communication across all staff levels, and a positive, flexible attitude capable of adapting to daily procedural changes.
- Experience: Previous experience working in a fast-paced production, logistics, or data-entry environment; prior laboratory or medical specimen processing experience is a significant plus.
- Knowledge: Familiarity with a medical background, including basic medical terminology applicable to a clinical laboratory setting.
skills: Biology, Sample Preparation, Sample Testing, Sanitation
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
