What are the responsibilities and job description for the Materials Medical Handler I position at Arkana Laboratories?
Who we are: At Arkana Laboratories, everyone has an important role to fill. Come join us and be a part of a team dedicated to making life better for those who need it most.
This place is packed with super-smart people who do their best work together. We work hard every day to advance our understanding of disease and provide world-class care to our patients in hopes of leaving our corner of the world a little better than we found it. While we are committed to improving the lives of thousands of patients, we never lose sight of the realization that they are the reason we get to create change in our field.
Built on generosity, teamwork, and the freedom to try new things, we take great pride in our work. Great ideas come from everywhere in this company and we celebrate each success and failure for the opportunity it gives us to keep reaching. For more than twenty years after our founder, Dr. Patrick Walker, wrote his goals on the back of a napkin, our people, culture, and values have remained strong.
About the position: As a Materials Medical Handler I - Slides, you will be organizing and filing daily slides for archival preservation. You will be responsible for maintaining an orderly library and retrieving slides for physicians and researchers in a timely fashion. Coordinate and prepare slide return of time-sensitive specimens to clients. You will take ownership of planning and implementing long-term slide storage. Other administrative duties as assigned.
What you'll do:
- Retrieving, organizing, and filing daily slides in lab
- Tracking daily temperature logs on equipment
- Maintaining catalog of biopsy slides on-site and off-site as needed
- Pulling internal requests on a timely basis with proper documentation
- Boxing slides for archival storage off-site
- Delivering to or retrieve materials from off-site archival storage as assigned
- Using provided database for best use of our storage on slides
- Compiling, coding, categorizing, verifying, and/or processing information or data into database
- Identifying and setting aside consult slides for transport to Materials Management Admin for return of materials to clients
- Working closely with team to identify and prioritize emergent needs
- Serving as a backup to Materials Medical Handler I - Kits position
- Performing day-to-day administrative tasks as assigned
You should have:
Education: High School Diploma or GED
Experience: 1 year of office experience
Computer Skills: Proficient in MS Office, Proficient Excel skills required
This position is onsite at our Little Rock, AR location with a schedule of Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
What we offer: We know that health is more than doctor visits and life is more than work. We work hard at Arkana but in turn provide competitive salaries and generous benefit offerings.
Specifically, we offer the following benefits to full-time employees:
- Competitive salary
- Generous paid time off and Paid Holidays
- Minimal cost health insurance for you and affordable options for your family
- 401(k) with immediate eligibility and match
- Company-paid life insurance
- Company-paid long term disability coverage
- Affordable vision and dental plans
- Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account availability
- Wellness plan and complimentary yoga classes
- Monthly in-office massages and employer-sponsored lunches
Please see Careers for further information.
