Traveling Lab Associate
About The Position
Traveling Laboratory Associates support Exer Urgent Care clinic laboratories. The role ensures assigned clinic laboratories are maintained, including keeping instruments functioning, resolving relevant LIS matters, and ensuring testing personnel follow clinic laboratory policies and procedures. Teamwork is expected, and employees are accountable for contributing effectively as team members. The position reports directly to the lab associate supervisor and VP of Science and Laboratory Compliance. The associate travels between assigned clinics, supports laboratory operations and personnel, maintains supplies and documentation, and helps prepare laboratories for inspections and new clinic openings. The role also includes quality assurance, troubleshooting, training, validation, calibration, and compliance activities. The work is generally scheduled Monday through Friday, with possible work one weekend per month. The home office/base is Corporate plus GDO-Lab Training Center.
Requirements
- Fluent spoken and written English.
- At least 6 months of experience as a laboratory assistant or laboratory technician.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Moderate understanding of Windows OS, MS Excel, Word, and PDF Acrobat or Foxit.
- Able to commute daily between assigned locations.
- Able to lift up to 50 pounds, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds.
Nice To Haves
- Associate degree in biological science.
Responsibilities
- Visit each assigned clinic daily.
- Ensure testing equipment is in proper working condition and contact technical services when needed.
- Provide training for newly hired clinic staff and other employees when required.
- Install and set up laboratories for new clinics and assist with setting up new locations/labs.
- Assist clinic testing personnel when requested.
- Ensure adequate reagents and kits are available on site and perform laboratory supply inventory.
- Review laboratory charts and logs daily, weekly, and monthly, and bring deviations from expected outcomes to the supervisor and technical consultant.
- Perform routine laboratory audits.
- Upload laboratory documents to the central server or Smartsheet.
- Recognize computer problems and report them to IT or the LIS vendor, or troubleshoot within capabilities.
- Demonstrate and understand documentation procedures during downtimes.
- Review and record quality control and troubleshooting steps for acceptability.
- Comply with protocols, SOPs, and regulatory agency guidelines.
- Identify and resolve problems and take corrective action related to testing procedures, patient results, and specimen integrity.
- Perform tests for QA requirements, record collected data, and enter data into the assigned spreadsheet.
- Prepare assigned moderate-complexity laboratories for CLIA inspections.
- Perform validation, calibration, and quality-control tasks when prompted.
- Ensure proper reporting of proficiency-testing challenges.
- Assist with new assay validations.
- Maintain policies and procedures in their most recent/current versions.
- Pay close attention to detail to ensure testing personnel conduct tests properly and accurately record results.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
