Our Company
Biocare Medical, LLC is an innovator in developing and supplying world class automated immunohistochemistry Instrumentation and the full range of reagents for immunohistochemistry and molecular lab testing. Biocare is the market leader in simultaneous Multiplex IHC tests which provide increased confidence at critical diagnostic decision points, impacting patient therapy while accelerating turnaround time.
The company’s customers include clinical histology laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, CROs, and biotechnology companies as well as academic, government, military, and other non-profit laboratories. Biocare Medical offers an expanding portfolio of integrated products to address the rapidly growing cancer and infectious disease diagnostic and research markets with novel tissue immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridization methods. Biocare medical is headquartered and has manufacturing facilities in California and has a global distribution network.
Summary/Objective
This position is responsible for pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical processes associated with probe manufacturing, performance, and report generation. The position provides day-to-day maintenance of bacterial clones, reagents, equipment, laboratory environment and additional duties as assigned.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Meet and maintain basic proficiency and competence of required procedure as outlined by supervisory staff.
- Follow the laboratory's procedures for probe production and documentation.
- Maintain records that demonstrate probe performance and quality control.
- Adhere to the laboratory's quality control policies, document all quality control activities, perform instrument and procedural calibrations and maintenance.
- Follow the laboratory's established policies and procedures whenever test systems are not within the laboratory's established acceptable levels of performance.
- Be capable of identifying problems that may adversely affect production and lab operations and either correct problems or immediately notify the general supervisor or Operations Officer.
- Document all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratory's established performance specifications.
- Helps to maintain a safe working environment by strict adherence to company safety policies and procedures.
- Is alert to the existence of safety hazards and reports any unsafe conditions to the department manager.
- Assist in monitoring test analyses to ensure that acceptable levels of analytic performance are maintained.
- Isolation of DNA using manual and automated techniques.
- Quality testing of reagents and maintenance of instrumentation.
- Other duties as assigned by Management.
Competencies
- Bachelor’s Degree required.
- Minimum one (1+) year experience in a commercial lab environment preferred.
- Excellent laboratory and organizational skills.
- Sound knowledge of molecular biology techniques.
- Must be able to work independently & be a good communicator.
- Must be a quick learner of new technologies.
- Possess a high tolerance for change.
Compensation Range
- $21 - $24 hourly
Expected Hours of Work
- 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday. This position may require extended weekday or weekend hours depending on business needs.
Full-Time Positions Offer
- Company Sponsored Health Insurance - medical, dental, vision,
- Company Sponsored Life Insurance
- Voluntary Benefits
- Retirement plan - 401(k)
- PTO
- Paid Holidays
BioCare Medical values the diversity of individuals, ideas, and perspectives, and what they bring to the workplace. We know that our people represent the future of the company, so we only hire the best from around the world. Applications from all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, physical or mental disability, or status as a Protected Veteran.
Proof of at least one FDA EUA approved Vaccination for Covid-19 preferred. (Subject to reasonable accommodation)
All inquiries strictly confidential.
What We Do
Biocare Medical LLC is an innovator in automated immunohistochemistry (IHC) instrumentation, and the full range of reagents for IHC and in situ hybridization (ISH; RISH) testing. Biocare pioneered multiplex IHC detection which accelerates turnaround time, increases instrument productivity and reduces reagent consumption and cost by 50% or more.
Multiplex IHC allows pathologists to visualize more than one marker on a tissue at a time, allowing higher confidence for critical differentiation.
Biocare's intelliPATH FLX is the only completely open, continuous random access IHC instrument available.
The company’s customers come from clinical and research environments that do tissue based testing and include histology laboratories, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies; CROs; and academic, government and military labs. Biocare Medical offers an expanding portfolio of products for the rapidly growing cancer and infectious disease diagnostic and research markets. Biocare medical is headquartered and has manufacturing facilities in Concord, Calif., and has a global distribution network. See biocare.net and slidestainer.com for more information.
NOTE: Biocare Medical, the Biocare Medical logo, and intelliPATH are trademarks of Biocare Medical LLC.
