Core Technician Job Description
Core technician
provides a safe environment for patients, families, and clinical staff at all time through compliance with all federal, state, and professional regulatory standards.
Core Technician Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Maintain cleanliness of locker room areas, which include the restocking of paper and supplies, removal of linens, cleaning and disinfecting, washing walls and floors
Core cutting
Ensure laboratory areas are maintained through cleaning and undertaking routine care of area, machinery and equipment, disposal of general and controlled laboratory waste and undertaking stock control, ensuring adequate security and levels of stock are maintained (preparing simple solutions under instruction) and stock is distributed as required
Be responsible for decontamination, sterilisation and disposal of materials and laboratory areas
Ensure laboratory areas are prepared for use by others, by issuing equipment to staff and students and provide guidance on its use and preparing and clearing away as required
Assist with the assembling and manufacture of equipment, checking on satisfactory operation of the equipment
Be responsible for manual handling operations – moving equipment and the collection/sorting/storing of all deliveries
Supervise the house-keepers/contractors in ‘red room’ areas
Practice health and safety, environmental and/or infection control methods in line with established School of Medicine and Cardiff University procedures
Assist with general technical support within the teaching laboratories when required
Core Technician Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Core Technician
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ASCP, CPR, CCNA, JNCIS, RHCE, RHCSA, EPA, HT, AMT, CSPDT
Education for Core Technician
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the core technician job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Associates, Science, Medical, Education, Biology, Life Sciences, Biological Science, Chemistry, Pathology, Clinical Laboratory Science
Skills for Core Technician
Desired skills for core technician include:
GED equivalent
Patient care standards and practices normally acquired through completion of a high school diploma
Surgical standards and practices normally acquired through experience in the operating room
CGMP and clean room behavior
DNV
Disinfecting
Functions of Central Sterile Processing related to cleaning
HIPAA
Hospital and department compliance requirements for federally funded healthcare programs regarding fraud
OSHA and other federal/state regulatory agencies guiding healthcare
Desired experience for core technician includes:
Participates in GMP production of viral products including large scale mammalian
Cell culture and column chromatography using aseptic technique when required
Drafting, completion and revision of manufacturing documents including Batch
Records, Specifications, Forms, Change Controls, Deviations and SOPs
Buffer and component preparation including operation of steam autoclave
Operation of manual, semi-automated and automated equipment in support of routine clinical production
Core Technician Examples
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Core Technician Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a core technician. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for core technician
- Assist in production related activities such as validation, changeover, data collection and troubleshooting of process equipment
- Operations performed in the product finishing area
- Receive and accession specimens for testing
- Prepare laboratory reagents, calibrator and control material
- Repairs and installation of parts, tools and equipment
- Maintaining thorough documentation of samples and day-to-day experiments or laboratory procedures
- Performing Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization (FISH) and/or immuno-FISH on diverse tissue types including single cell suspension, cytospin spots, paraffin & frozen sections, and tissue microarrays
- Harvesting and preparing slides for karyotyping using routine banding techniques (primarily DAPI and G-banding)
- Capturing images for Karyotyping and FISH analysis using ASI and MetaSystems imaging systems
- General laboratory maintenance such as preparing reagents, monitoring of equipment and proper disposal of tissue culture & chemical waste
Qualifications for core technician
- Following established cleaning practice
- Monitors temperature of critical equipment as needed
- Tracks/Monitors calibration status of critical equipment as needed
- Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences or a H.S.diploma/Associate’s degree or equivalent with 2-4 years of experience in a cGMP clinical production environment
- Conducting formal inspections
- Communicate/interact with all levels of employees in a professional manner
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of core technician. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for core technician
- Perform experiments to determine optimum conditions for tissue fixation
- Assists in the development of new methods
- Perform immunohistochemistry experiments for the characterization of different antibodies on different tissues
- Train users on basic sample preparation and histology methods
- Works closely with the microscopy staff and microscopy users to provide assistance with sample preparation and mounting media
- Depending on the nature and magnitude of an event, Core Technicians may be required to perform defensive and/or offensive actions in the course of incident mitigation
- It is expected Technicians will strive to achieve and maintain response proficiency in all required emergency-related disciplines(hazmat, emergency medical)
- The Dana Farber Cancer Institute CyTOF facility is currently seeking applications for a highly motivated Research Technician to work in the CyTOF core
- Implementing planned and corrective maintenance on all mechanical/production equipment offshore, in a safe and competent manner, to safeguard availability and operating condition so production targets can be achieved
- Interpreting condition monitoring surveys and operating parameters of equipment to identify early performance deterioration and take the necessary action to prevent plant shutdown
Qualifications for core technician
- Perform simple arithmetic functions including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, decimals, fractions, and mixed numbers
- Use a computer for data entry and documentation of maintenance findings on work orders
- Assist with core tray handling, core photography, core cutting, core chipping, specific gravity measurement, and sample crushing and pulverization, dispatch, storage and data entry
- Provide support to the requirements of the work team, by adhering to operating requirements and striving for the achievement of individual, team and site objectives as directed
- A minimum of 3 - 5 years’ experience leading a large scale, high performing services business
- Minimum of 3 years relevant experience with material characterization and product testing
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Our growing company is hiring for a core technician. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for core technician
- Reviews pending logs (OSR) and result logs
- Perform manual, semi-automated and automated experiments and procedures in support of the GLP PCR and PCR-like work, including PCR, immunoassays, sample preparation and DNA/RNA extraction and purifications common microbiology techniques in BSL2 and BSL3 environments
- Maintain the laboratory facility and equipment
- Ensure all experiments are performed and documented IAW applicable regulations dictated by study protocol
- Pack different sorbents in column hardware (sorbents include silica, GPC, Polymer)
- Follow written instructions (SOP) for all critical processes
- Follow all Safety procedures, including wearing appropriate protective equipment
- Prepare packing solvents and slurry solvents according to written instructions
- Proper batch number is being used
- The correct sorbent material has been prepped
Qualifications for core technician
- Experience with TGA and DSC required
- Ability to produce analytical reports and communicate test results
- Minimum of 5 years relevant experience, or a combination of equivalent education (bachelor’s degree) and experience, is preferred
- Experience with FTIR, Melt Flow Index, and Rheology is preferred
- Developing understanding of disciplined product development processes, regulatory and quality requirements
- Current ASCP or equivalent registry as a Medical Laboratory
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Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of core technician. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for core technician
- Production card, label on sorbent beaker, and Column Assembly tags all match
- Column Assembly is the correct length
- Column Assembly has the correct I.D
- Column Assembly has the correct end fittings
- Perform assays and evaluate results for abnormal, critical or alert values
- Perform and document quality control, preventive maintenance and trouble shooting on assays and instruments
- Identify emergency or STAT situations
- Answer telephones, provide results, and contact physician’s offices or nursing stations with results of STATS, critical or alert values
- Collects specimens and delivers to the appropriate areas of the laboratory
- Receive and distribute supplies
Qualifications for core technician
- Bachelor’s of science w/4 years’ exp
- Associates Degree or Other Certification preferred
- Ensures all work is accurate and free of errors/defects
- Attention to detail, pay specific attention to tasks
- At least 1 years of Experience in a laboratory setting
- Assist in care and maintenance of work area
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a core technician. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for core technician
- Ensures availability of specialty instruments and supplies
- Coordinates available resources with proper sterilization procedures to provide continuity of service
- Documents issues regarding sterilization and maintains proper sterilization records
- Maintenance of database of installed machines run parameters based on visits
- Complete case carts as prescribed by the Resource Maps
- Recognize age and size of patient as a relevant factor, and applies knowledge in room preparation
- Communicate with related departments to obtain supplies and equipment
- Perform all pertinent tasks using aseptic technique
- Assist with orientation of staff including Surgical Technicians and SSNAs
- As a lead help will act as a resource for other Scrub Techs and SSNAs
Qualifications for core technician
- If assigned to night shift or work location off-site from the hospital laboratory, Washington State Medical Assistant-Phlebotomy license required
- National sterile processing certification within 1 year of hire
- Two plus years' experience in a surgical environment recommended
- Conduct core flooding experiments in both steady-state and unsteady-state systems
- Operate tests outlined in the test program safely
- Familiar with heavy-duty truck parts and the heavy duty trucking industry