Role: Assoc Sample Coordinator.
Job Type: Contract-12 months
Location: Highland Heights, KY
Shifts Timings:
First shift – Tuesday to Saturday 8:00 am-4:30 pm EST
2nd shift – Tuesday to Saturday 4:30 pm - 1am EST
3rd shift – Tuesday to Saturday 12 am- 8:30 am EST
Job Description:
- Performs duties and training to acquire the skills required for sample and standard handling in support of the laboratory.
- Provides support to Sample Coordinator and performs administrative tasks in the Sample Management department.
- Follows SOPs, applicable client procedures, and fulfills laboratory requests with modest direct supervision.
Education and Experience:
- High / Secondary school diploma or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification
- Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 0 to 1 year) or equivalent combination of education, training, & experience.
- Performs a variety of simple inventory tracking procedures (receipt, check-in, login, labeling, inventory, transport, check-out, etc.) and administrative tasks in support of laboratory operations.
- Communicates status of tasks to supervisor and/or appropriate laboratory staff.
- Trains on SOPs, regulatory guidelines, and storage requirements.
- Supports response to environmental unit alarms and may participate in on-call responsibilities.
- Performs daily work assignments accurately, timely and in a safe manner.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office including Word and Excel
• Time management skills
• Ability to maintain detailed tracking and documentation clearly and accurately according to SOP
• Written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment
Working Conditions and Environment:
- Work is performed in a clinical environment. Ability to work within potentially stressful deadlines.
- Exposure to biological fluids with potential exposure to infectious organisms.
- Work is performed in an office and/or a laboratory and/or a clinical environment with exposure to electrical equipment.
- Occasionally drives to site or client locations, occasionally travels within the United States.
- Exposure to biological fluids with potential exposure to infectious organisms. Rare exposure to skin and lung irritants, radiation, toxic materials, and hazardous waste.
- Personal protective equipment required such as protective eyewear, garments, and gloves.
- Exposure to fluctuating and/or extreme temperatures on rare occasions
Physical Requirements:
- Frequently stands, twists waists, squats, and bends neck for 4--6 hours per day.
- Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
- Ability to make precise coordinated movements, of the fingers to grasp and manipulate objects.
- Frequent mobility required.
- Occasional crouching, stooping, bending, and twisting of upper body and neck.
- Moderate lifting (or otherwise movement, carrying, setting, and placement)of 15-40 lbs. with a maximum lift of 50 lbs.
- Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.
- Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- May interact with others, relating and gathering sensitive information. Interaction includes diverse
- groups.
- Works with guidance or reliance on oral or written instructions from management. May require periods of intense concentration.
- Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multi-task.
- Regular and consistent attendance
Desired job title: Picker, Packer, Warehouse Associate, Associate, Laborer, Shipper, Material Handler, Warehouse Worker, Inventory Control Specialist,