Title: Lab Technician

Location: Endeavor Clinical Trials

Shift: PRN (as needed) mid shift 4pm-9pm, weekend days

About us:

ERG is a leading U.S. based, privately held, independent clinical research site company, and provider of clinical development services with expertise in early and late-stage neuroscience drug development. With 20 wholly owned clinical sites and 4 affiliated sites, we conduct in-patient and out-patient phase I-IV clinical research studies. ERG has 400 in-patient beds, a large and growing database of patients suffering from mental illness, neurological disorders, sleep disorders, addictions, Acute and Chronic Pain, diabetes, and other illnesses as well as normal healthy volunteers who participate in trials for the advancement of medicine. With access to over 32 million patients/subjects and 5000 completed trials, ERG continues to grow its capabilities and expand into indications where there are tremendous unmet medical needs in the United States and globally.

Job Description:

The Laboratory Technician is responsible for assisting with document management, protocol related clinical assessments of research subjects, laboratory functions, and assisting in tasks of the Clinical Research Coordinators as it relates to the conduct of clinical trials. Completes all duties under the direction of the Site Director or designee. Maintains accurate, confidential files and documentation of study participants. In executing these position responsibilities, the Clinical Intake Assistant is guided by Good Clinical Practices (GCP), International Conference on Harmonization (ICH) guidelines, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and company standard operating procedures and policies.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain tenants of good customer service when interacting with subjects, staff, and representatives of sponsors or CROs.
• Clinical skills include phlebotomy, vital sign measurements, and performing ECGs.
• Collect demographic, medical, and medication history.
• Complete safety assessments
• Work closely and collaboratively with Director of Clinical Operations, Clinical Research Coordinators, Sub-Investigator, and Principal Investigator.
• Enter data as appropriate for multiple Electronic Data Capture platforms as well as respond and resolve queries that may arise.
• Meet defined goals established in conjunction with site leadership.
• Study, learn, and comply with ERG site standard operating procedures, and other policies, practices, and regulations where applicable.
• Additionally, this role may encompass responsibilities beyond those outlined above, as required by the evolving needs of the organization. This job description is intended as a foundation and may be subject to expansion or modification to best suit ERG’s objectives.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Education and experience
  • High School Diploma or equivalent
  • Experience in a laboratory setting: Phlebotomy and lab specimen processing
• Requirements
  • Understands regulatory requirements, as well as Good Clinical Practices (GCP) and International Conference of Harmonization (ICH) guidelines.
  • Able to initiate or modify behavior to achieve desired outcomes in spite of environmental factors, priorities, or problems that might not be well defined or that are subject to change.
  • Good organizational and interpersonal skills
  • Attention to detail.
  • Knowledgeable in medical terminology
  • Excellent communication skills (interpersonal, written, verbal)
  • Basic computer skills to include Word, Excel, as well as proprietary applications unique to the clinical research industry (such as Study Manager)
  • Able to follow instructions and strictly follow procedures
  • Receiving, labeling and safely storing samples to be tested
  • Labeling and numbering specimens and preparing aliquots.
  • Centrifuging specimens.
  • Preparing specimens to be sent to a reference laboratory.