Sample Management Senior Specialist

Job Responsibilities

• Receive, inspect, label, retrieve, pack, and ship post-trial clinical human biological samples.
• Adhere to standard operating procedures regarding intake, inspections, registration, and retrieval of samples.
• Affirm the maintenance, accuracy, and quality control of electronic patient and sample data files meeting regulatory and compliance standards.
• Comply with applicable standards and best practices, such as CLIA, CAP, GCP, GLP, GDPR, HIPAA, Common Rule, HTA, etc.
• Ensure the maintenance, accuracy and quality control of electronic patient and sample data files meet regulatory and compliance standards.
• Carefully follow company, departmental, and local safety policies, and procedures.
• Be an active member of the scientific teams – contribute at team meetings by presenting data and looking for opportunities for innovation.
• Serve as part of an on-call rotation, providing timely response to after-hours alarms, incidents, and critical operational issues.
• Maintain training and compliance in areas of health and safety, security, environmental and operational aspects of daily activities in the working environment.
• Actively seek opportunities to develop the service by discussion with the team leader and customer or by sharing the best practice(s) with other groups.
• Work independently and flexibly depending on team priorities and set realistic work schedules to support requirements.
• Support management of daily workflow within the department.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal.
• Self-motivated and able to work under pressure to prioritize conflicting deadlines.
• An ability to meet timelines successfully with the utmost attention to detail while setting high performance standards.
• Service orientated attitude combined with innovative thinking.
• Strong interpersonal skills; strong team player with customer satisfaction focus.
• Ability to execute new and established methods and protocols.
• Ability to understand, interpret, and communicate complex scientific data.
• Understanding of standard software packages (i.e. Microsoft Office).
• Ability to operate within company and/or customer site safety codes of practice.
• Basic Qualifications: BS or equivalent in a relevant scientific subject (e.g. biology, biotechnology, or biomedical sciences) with 1+ years of working experience OR Associate’s degree in biology, chemistry or other relevant disciplines with 3+ years of working experience.
• Knowledgeable in good laboratory practices and laboratory safety practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two or more years working within a laboratory environment.
• Hands-on experience with a variety of cell biology, biochemistry, or analytical chemistry techniques.
• Experience with Good Documentation Practice.
• Experience with customer service.
• Supervisor or management experience.