Embryologist

Overview

At Emory Healthcare, we integrate science and caring to change the face of health care. Our team members are courageous individuals who are willing to challenge the status quo and help find solutions to complex problems. We’re empowered to influence change for, and with, our patients, their families, the community and each other.

As one of the leading academic medical systems, we’re eager to share what we learn with hospitals around the country, and the world. We’ve got the backing, knowledge, experience and permission to lead the way in developing new and better approaches to preventing and treating disease, and our patients get treatments years before anyone else.

We’re defining a new standard of care for humankind. Are YOU ready to join us?

Description

Shift: 7:30AM - 4PM

• Under supervision of the Lab Director and direction of Lead embryologist, the Embryologist performs basic technical/clinical and research duties independently, as well as assists the senior embryologist with advanced duties in the IVF laboratory.
• Performs all the complex laboratory procedures required for an in-vitro fertilization (IVF) cycle including sperm testing and preparation, related hormone testing, identification and evaluation of human oocytes in follicular fluid, assessment and viability of recently fertilized oocytes, microinjection techniques such as intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), assisted hatching manually or with laser, embryo biopsy for preimplantation genetic testing (PGT), appropriate culturing of cleaved embryos and blastocysts, embryo grading and selection of human embryos for transfer, oocyte/embryo/sperm cryopreservation, storage and thawing.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conducts the full range of basic Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) laboratory procedures under the direction of the Laboratory Director and/or senior Embryologists.
• Conducts lab tests related to IVF treatment including semen analysis, and hormone tests.
• Conducts sperm preparation to remove dead sperm and purify samples, meeting qualitative goals as measured by successful inseminations
• Performs egg retrievals and cumulus removal, meeting established goals for average numbers of eggs retrieved.
• Performs conventional and ICSI inseminations, meeting established percentage goals for fertilization.
• Completes fertilization checks for conventional insemination and ICSI, meeting numerical targets for the maximum number of mature eggs fertilized and placed in culture.
• Successfully performs embryo grading to select embryos for transfer, meeting goals established by Lab Director, including passing proficiency testing twice per year.
• Successfully performs embryo warming and transfers, measured by the pregnancy rate per transfer.
• Conduct procedures of embryo vitrification with meticulous attention to detail.
• Proficiency is measured by the percentage of recovered embryos and survival of warmed embryos.
• Learn and become proficient in advanced IVF procedures (including ICSI, Embryo biopsy, and Egg vitrification) under the guidance and direction of the Lab Director and senior Embryologists.

Embryologist, Salary: $37.86 - $67.26/hour

• The grade and salary of the position are based on specific criteria met within the qualifications of relevant experience, skills, performance and internal equity.

Additional Details

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential responsibility satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required.
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with the lab team and patients and to work cross-functionally with other employees in the clinic.
• Able to effectively prioritize and to ask for assistance when needed to meet time-sensitive workflow.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and initiative.
• Ability to be extremely flexible and adaptable to varying and time-sensitive workload.
• Exercise a high level of discretion and sensitivity to patient privacy.
• Ability to maintain a clean and sanitized environment.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, decimals, and percentages.

Salary : $38 - $67