Laboratory Coordinator - (Correlative Lab) Cancer Center

Job Duties

• Obtain, document, process and manage serial specimens (blood and other bodily fluids) obtained from patients participating in clinical trials.
• Request and ship research related pathology requests for the CTO.
• Collaborate with Tissue Repository staff and assist with obtaining and shipping tissue specimens based on IATA/DOT Guidelines.
• Communicate with Study Coordinators regarding the status of tissue requests.
• Perform study-specific ECGs and transmit data to appropriate database as listed in the study protocol schedule of events.
• Reference and maintain a variety of study protocols and central lab manuals.
• Responsible for Inventory Maintenance of study supplies including, but not limited to, maintaining adequate kit amounts, ensuring the destruction of kits and creation of NTFs, submitting kit supply orders, updating kit inventory spreadsheet, as well as preparing kit orders for Satellite Sites.
• Cooky/correspond with Study Coordinators regarding the status of tissue requests.
• Coordinate the collection of central study samples and required study assessments in collaboration with nursing, study coordinators, physicians and patients in a timely manner.
• Perform data entry, if necessary, in both Hospital and Laboratory information systems according to hospital and laboratory policies and procedures, as well as compliance requirements.
• Ensure all requirements for specimen integrity have been met (positive patient identification, correct specimen collected, proper transport of samples has been employed, etc).
• Utilize EMR (Epic) and Outlook lab calendar to set up study lab collections and schedule upcoming couriers.
• Participate in weekly lab rotation, daily patient assignments and Friday handoff emails.

Qualifications

• 2 years of relevant work experience.
• Education may substitute on a year for year basis.
• Experience with HIPAA guidelines and research regulations.

Skills

• Communication.
• Interpersonal.
• Organization.
• Time management.
• Multi-tasking.
• Attention to detail.
• Computer skills.