Job Description
The Role
- The Clinical Laboratory Technician is responsible for following protocol guidelines for the preparation, collection, transfer and storage of all specimens according to protocol requirements
- Monitors proper study sample collection
- Ensures study data is collected to a high quality in accordance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP) standards
- Ensures subject safety at all times
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
- Reviews and understands study protocols and laboratory sample handling/processing requirements prior to initiation of study
- Maintains organization and cleanliness of workspace.
- Places samples in a rack in numerical order by subject number for transfer into previously prepared and labelled storage vials
- Centrifuges blood samples according to the speed and duration of time as requested by the protocol
- Compares collection tube and storage vial, ensuring that both tube and vial are correct, and pipettes plasma or serum into the correct storage vial prior to freezing or further processing
- Documents the time samples were placed in the centrifuge, the transfer of each specimen to a freezer vial and the time the samples were placed in the freezer onto the appropriate Laboratory Sample Processing Record or in an electronic sample tracking system following GCP and GDP
- Verifies that all biohazardous materials are disposed of in the appropriate biohazard container and/or box, and that they are properly labelled and placed in the bio hazardous waste transport container for pickup
- Monitors laboratory fridges, freezers and centrifuges, documents temperature readings and confirms operating status and settings of the lab equipment as directed
- Cleans work surface areas and laboratory equipment as directed
- Assists in taking inventory of lab supplies and maintaining adequate supplies for each study
- Assists in the review of protocol specimen processing requirements, and identifying the quantity and availability of supplies needed to accomplish specimen collection
- Assists in transferring and labelling all study documents in soft binders for archival per relevant SOPs
- Assists in any other duties as assigned
- Assists in verifying that the lab requisitions for specimens sent to the outside lab contains the correct test(s), date and time of collection and other specimen identifiers (subject numbers, etc)
- Assists in generating manifest for biological sample shipments, performing check of samples against the Shipping Manifest and the Freezer Inventory/Shipping Record and assists the Senior Clinical Laboratory Technician during the entire shipment process as directed
- Assist in QC of all laboratory documents filed in Study Binder once the study is concluded
Job Demands
The job may involve the following:
- Very high concentration of work
- Strict and tight deadlines
- Having to juggle a range of tasks/issues simultaneously
- Working in a hazardous environment with high requirement to follow safety procedures
- Working outside normal working hours
- Needing to respond to client demands
The Candidate
- High School Diploma
- Phlebotomist certificate preferred
- Minimum 2 years' experience in laboratory procedures
- Must be able to separate plasma and operate laboratory centrifuges
- Working knowledge of State of Florida OSHA guidelines
- Thorough in task completion - attention to detail
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certified
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