Clinical Laboratory Associate (veterinary laboratory)

Job Description:

Job Tittle : Clinical Laboratory Associate

Location: Ames, IA

Contract Duration: 12 Months

Schedule: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM, Monday–Friday

Hours: 40 hrs/week

Role Overview

Pharma client is seeking a Clinical Laboratory Associate to support veterinary laboratory operations. The successful candidate will be responsible for handling and processing veterinary laboratory specimens in compliance with established procedures and quality standards.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare labels and label clinical study samples.
• Assist in collection of clinical study samples or necropsy.
• Aliquot clinical study samples. (serum, swab effluents, faecal samples, animal tissue samples).
• Maintain electronic inventory of clinical study samples.
• Accurately record all laboratory activities and techniques on data capture forms, research notebooks, and raw data notebooks as appropriate.
• Review and contribute to protocols, planning, and execution.
• Create and prepare submissions to diagnostic laboratories and to BIAVRC laboratories.
• Compile testing information from outside labs and BIAVRC labs for statistical and reporting within clinical teams
• Support clinical teams with document scanning, manual data entry and quality control of data entry.
• Receives samples, plans, and executes processing and delivery to the appropriate lab for testing.
• Ability to Plan and create a weekly schedule from multiple lists
• Maintain number lists with minimal transposition
• Initiates, executes, completes, and communicates duties and related issues
• Effective organization and time management skills.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Detailed oriented
• Experience with the safe and appropriate use of BSL2 organisms preferred.
• Hand eye coordination
• Aseptic technique
• Proactive and resourceful.
• Ability to work across groups and take direction from multiple scientists.
• Competent with Microsoft Office software.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills; High level of comfort/ease interacting with all levels of the organization.
• Maintains a constructive and positive attitude for working on projects and for working at Boehringer Ingelheim.
• Follow Research & Development policies and procedures to maintain high quality standards and follow best practices.

Qualifications

• Education: Associate of Applied Science (A.A.S.) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree required.
• Experience: Prior experience handling veterinary laboratory specimens is essential.