Lab Assistant (Temp Night)

IDEXX
Elmhurst, IL
$21,85 an hour
Temporary
Full-time

As a temporary Lab Assistant at IDEXX, you will be assisting with some of the many tasks vital to the running of our network of Reference Labs.

We receive thousands of clinical samples (blood, urine, fecal samples) every day from Veterinary Clinics, and we run tests on those samples to help veterinarians identify what might be wrong with someone's pet.

In this role, you will be helping to sort, tag, and prepare veterinary samples for testing. Every sample you help to move along quickly and accurately in the process means we are one step closer to finding out how or why the pet might be sick.

Thanks to you, someone's very beloved pet will get the treatment plan they need - how great is that?

Want to learn more about temp positions in our Sample Management Department? Check out what our employees have to say :

IDEXX Reference Laboratories are a global network united by a shared commitment to enhancing pet care where the true strength in our name is the people behind it.

Our reference laboratories make it possible for our customers to discover more with our unrelenting commitment to innovation, personalized support, guidance, and expertise, while providing the most complete and advanced menu of diagnostic tests along with technology and tools.

In This Role :

We have needs in many areas of the lab.

You might be unbagging, sorting, tagging, or moving clinical samples around the laboratory.

You may be entering the important data for the samples into the computer system.

You may be restocking supplies, such as chemicals or slide trays.

You could be helping to load analyzers with slides of samples.

You might be assisting with inventory counts.

You will be asked to help in out many ways and your help is needed!

Pay & Schedule :

Hourly rates targeting : $21.85

This is a 90 day temporary position where you will be working 40 hours / week. The scheduled shifts will likely be Monday - Friday with a start time between 11 pm and 1 am.

Sometimes during our busy season, we ask workers if they would be able to work overtime, and stay until the work is complete.

The shifts and hours may vary slightly depending on business needs.

Reliable and dependable attendance is an essential function of the position.

What You Will Need to Succeed :

You are able and willing to work the schedule above on the night shift.

You are reliable and flexible attendance is an essential function of the position.

A willingness to work with and around veterinary samples, including blood, urine, fecal and biopsies.

You are excited to work in a fast-paced, high volume busy work environment.

You can read and interpret documents such as safety rules, standard operating procedures (SOPs), material safety data sheets (MSDSs), operating and maintenance instructions, government rules, and technical procedures.

You must have a demonstrated ability to prioritize and multi-task.

You possess strong initiative and follow through with outstanding attention to detail.

You are able to work independently and as a team contributor.

You have demonstrated a high level of customer service.

Able to meet the physical requirements that go with working in a lab standing and sitting for extended periods of time, ability to move or maneuver through various departments around the lab, use of hands, fingers, and arms to handle microscopes, pipettes, lab instruments and controls, occasional need to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, lift up to 25lb, and specific vision ability close, color, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

This is a laboratory, so there is potential exposure to biohazards, agents known to cause zoonotic diseases, and hazardous chemicals.

Why IDEXX?

We’re proud of the work we do, because our work matters. An innovation leader in every industry we serve, we follow our Purpose and Guiding Principles to help pet owners worldwide keep their companion animals healthy and happy, to ensure safe drinking water for billions, and to help farmers protect livestock and poultry from disease.

We have customers in over 175 countries and a global workforce of over 10,000 talented people.

So, what does that mean for you? We enrich the livelihoods of our employees with a positive and respectful work culture that embraces challenges and encourages learning and discovery.

At IDEXX, you will be supported by competitive compensation, incentives, and benefits while enjoying purposeful work that drives improvement.

Let’s pursue what matters together.

IDEXX values a diverse workforce and workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

IDEXX is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, or any protected category prohibited by local, state, or federal laws.

Apply today!

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