Laboratory Technician 1 – PROJECT - DOH7014

This Laboratory Technician 1 position supports the scientists testing various types of samples. This position is required to have an on-site presence to perform a variety of laboratory preparations and testing of samples in Environmental Microbiology Laboratory and to perform laboratory quality assurance testing as required by accreditation standards.

In this onsite position, you will:

• Communicate and coordinate sample submissions and sample kits for SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater to and from the Washington Public Health Laboratories (WAPHL) from a variety of sources such as wastewater facilities, Local Health Jurisdictions, and businesses submitting environmental samples. 
• Work in a team environment and will follow the direction of the lead microbiologist as well as the supervisor.
• Perform accessioning, inventory, and recycle the resources needed by the scientists for their work.
• Perform basic tasks in the preparation and analysis of samples in the laboratories, and to help with reporting and filing of the results of the analyses.

About the Washington Public Health Laboratories

The WAPHL supports the efforts of local health jurisdictions in routine disease monitoring as well as during disease outbreaks. The PHL assists health care providers by identifying organisms and shares the results of reportable conditions with local health jurisdictions as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is the only Washington lab that identifies rare diseases like Rabies, Hantavirus, West Nile virus and analyzes clinical samples of statewide outbreaks of human illness, biotoxins and bacteria for shellfish contamination, and identifies agents suspected in terrorist events.

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