Andrology Technician

ExtensisHR•New York, NY

18h

About The Position

New Hope Fertility Center provides fertility diagnosis, genetic testing, IVF treatments, embryo banking, donor and surrogate services, egg freezing, reproductive repair surgeries, and treatments for male and female infertility. Its practice combines low-dose assisted fertility methods with fertility technology and customized care. The Andrology Technician performs routine and specialized laboratory procedures, including semen analysis and other tests, and supports specimen collection, preparation, accessioning, testing, documentation, quality control, and reporting. The technician is expected to carry out technical work with minimal supervision and exercise independent judgment and responsibility. The laboratory is part of a fast-paced IVF clinic serving a diverse group of patients from around the globe, seven days a week and on holidays.

Requirements

Be thoroughly trained, through formal training or on-the-job training, in laboratory techniques related to human fertility; the employer is willing to provide in-house training.
Be able to conduct technical work with minimal supervision from the laboratory supervisor or director.
Exercise independent judgment and responsibility when carrying out laboratory work.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Andrology.
Experience in Endocrinology with Tosoh or Horiba analyzers.
Experience with CDC ART submission.

Responsibilities

Perform routine and specialized laboratory procedures using established methods.
Perform laboratory quality control and quality assurance procedures.
Ensure benches and other work areas are clean at the start and end of each workday.
Ensure reagents and laboratory supplies are available at the start of each workday.
Ensure laboratory equipment is in working order at the start of the day.
Ensure Andrology patients complete requisition forms properly and accurately.
Instruct patients in proper specimen collection.
Log in and accession specimens properly.
Prepare specimens and label tubes and slides for assays.
Perform semen analysis and other tests with minimal supervision from the laboratory director or supervisor.
Complete worksheets and record results in assay worksheets.
Submit results to the laboratory director for approval of the assay run.
Inventory supplies and request necessary purchases.
Complete assay-run control logs, quality-control logs, and other log sheets.
Generate laboratory test reports for referring physicians.
At the laboratory director’s direction, perform quality control of final test reports before they are transmitted to doctors.
Assist patients with specimen collection and accessioning.
Perform human sperm preparation techniques, advanced tests of sperm function and fertilizing capacity, and human sperm cryopreservation, as trained.