What are the responsibilities and job description for the Specimen Processor I position at Planet Pharma?
Essential Functions
- Observe and follow all chemical hygiene and lab safety regulations.
- Perform/prepare solutions, dilutions, and calculations required and as needed.
- Prepare/organize study specific supplies in preparation protocol activities.
- Document each stage of processing in compliance with approved protocol and lab manual.
- Identifies and reports problems with specimens, processing, storage, or anything that will impact the study or integrity and viability of the specimen.
- Receives, sorts, centrifuge, rack, aliquot, and store laboratory specimens in compliance with the IRB approved protocol and the final version of the protocol-specific laboratory manual.
- Collect laboratory specimen which may include blood, urine, saliva, emesis, and stool, etc.
- Demonstrates ability to execute the job duties assigned to the activities related to study protocols.
- Good Laboratory Practices - a quality system of management controls for research laboratories and organizations to ensure the uniformity, consistency, reliability, reproducibility, quality, and integrity of chemical (including pharmaceuticals) non-clinical safety tests; from physio-chemical properties through acute to chronic toxicity tests.
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) - quality standards that is provided by ICH, an international body that defines a set of standards, which governments can then transpose into regulations for clinical trials involving human subjects.
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- Demonstrate the proficiency in assigned tasks and the ability to actively learn and understand the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making needs. Especially as it pertains to new technology and laboratory medicine.
- Demonstrate the ability to adapt and operate by the needs of unique client protocols; perform laboratory testing according to established standards and regulations.
- Works closely with Project Managers, Clinical Research Coordinators, Research Associates, Medical Laboratory Technologist, and Principle Investigators.
- External relationships include Sponsors, External Vendors, Participants.