Sample Management Technician

In this San Diego onsite role, the Sample Management Technician is responsible for GxP-compliant processing of incoming samples and reference materials.

Essential Responsibilities

• Accessions samples into LIMS
• Imports electronic sample data into eSMS
• Provides timely notification of sample receipt to appropriate client/study personnel as needed
• Maintains sample chain-of-custody
• Reviews study sample demographic data to confirm consistency between sample labels, study paperwork, and electronic sample management systems (eSMS)
• Resolves discrepancies, with responsibility for investigating and correcting sample anomalies
• Stages samples for testing per schedule/request
• Checks out pre-test samples and checks in post-test samples
• Ensures samples are ready for analysis on time via sample accessioning and staging schedules
• Manages pre- and post-test sample storage
• Maintains operability of sample storage units (e.g. routine maintenance, temperature monitoring)
• Ships samples to domestic or international destinations
• Dispositions samples as directed by client
• Provides information for QAU, client, or regulatory agency audit reports as needed
• Generates and maintains records in a GxP compliant manner
• Assists in collecting metrics data as needed
• Recommends process improvements
• May receive samples as needed:
• Receives shipments into Sample Management
• Initiates sample chain-of-custody
• Provides timely notification of sample receipt to client/BPM
• May manage sample-related data as appropriate:
• Builds study sample metadata in LIMS
• Prepares sample manifest files for import into eSMS
• Follows BAL SOPs
• Other duties as needed

Minimum Preferred Qualifications - Education/Experience:

• High school diploma

Minimum Preferred Qualifications - Skills:

• Ability to work under GxP regulations
• Ability to work under CAP/CLIA/NYS regulations
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment where multiple concurrent projects must be completed in a timely manner
• Ability to take direction well and multi-task
• Acute attention to detail and excellent organizational skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to quickly build proficiency in MS Excel, MS Word, LIS, LIMS and Quality Management software

Preferred Credentials:

• Experience with shipping and receiving procedures
• Familiarity with CAP/CLIA/NYS regulations in a laboratory environment
• Familiarity with GxP regulations in a laboratory environment
• Experience using Watson LIMS
• Experience using Orchard Harvest LIS

Working Environment

• Primarily laboratory environment, including use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses, lab coats and gloves
• Occasional loading dock environment
• Occasional office environment
• Routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets
• Exposure to biological fluids with potential exposure to infectious organisms
• Potential exposure to skin and lung irritants, toxic materials, and hazardous waste
• Exposure to fluctuating temperatures on rare occasions

Physical Demands

• Ability to transition between sitting, standing and walking for up to eight (8) hours per day
• Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists to operate lab and office equipment
• Frequent mobility needed
• Occasional crouching or stooping, with frequent bending and twisting of upper body and neck
• Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moving) objects, including laboratory samples, laboratory equipment, and laptop computer, with a maximum lift of 30 pounds
• Ability to use personal protective equipment and work effectively in freezers as cold as -80C
• 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
• Frequently interacts with others to obtain or relate information to diverse groups
• Requires multiple 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 and multi-task
• Regular and consistent attendance

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

• This is a full-time position
• Some flexibility in hours is allowed, but the employee must be available during the "core" work hours as published in the BioAgilytix Employee Handbook
• Occasional weekend, holiday, and evening work required