What are the responsibilities and job description for the Andrology Lab Technician position at ZHANG MEDICAL P C?
Job Details
Level: Entry
Job Location: 4CC - New York, NY
Position Type: Full Time
Education Level: 4 Year Degree
Salary Range: Undisclosed
General Description: The laboratory technologist will work together with other laboratory personnel to ensure the proper operation of the laboratory and provide quality service to all Andrology patients.
Supervision Received: Reports to Laboratory Supervisor/ Laboratory Director
Essential Functions:
- Perform routine and specialized laboratory procedures per established methods;
- Perform routine quality control and quality assurance procedures established and adopted by the laboratory;
- Ensure that all benches and other work areas are clean at the start and end of each work day;
- Ensure that all reagents and lab supplies are available at the start of each work day;
- Ensure that all necessary lab equipment is in working order at the start of the day;
- Make certain that Andrology patients fill out requisitions forms properly and accurately;
- Instruct andrology patients in the proper collection of the specimen;
- Log in and accession specimen properly;
- Prepare specimen and label tubes and slides for assay;
- Perform semen analysis and other tests with minimal supervision of the lab director or the lab supervisor;
- Fill out worksheets and write results into the essay worksheets;
- Submit results to the lab director for approval of the assay run;
- Do inventory of supplies and request for purchases of necessary supplies;
- Fill out log sheets of controls of the essay run, quality control log, etc.
- Generate lab test reports to be sent to referring physicians;
- Upon the direction of the laboratory director, the lab technologist must be able to perform quality control of final lab test reports before there are transmitted to doctors.
Education:
- Bachelors degree in Biology, Science or Chemistry.
- Desired Competencies, Skills and Experiences:
- Preferred experience in: Andrology, Endocrinology with Tosoh or Horiba Analyzers. CDC ART submission.
- Must be thoroughly trained, through formal training or on-the-job, in the following laboratory techniques in relation to human fertility. However, we are willing to train in house.
- Routine semen analysis;
- Human sperm preparation techniques for assisted reproductive therapies;
- Advanced laboratory tests for human sperm functions and fertilizing capacity;
- Human sperm Cryopreservation
- Assist patient with specimen collection and accessioning;
- Quality control and quality assurance procedures.
- Must be able to conduct technical work with minimum supervision from lab supervisor or lab director and exercise independent judgement and responsibility in carrying out laboratory work.
Work Environment:
- We value patient care first. We service patients from all around the globe, seven days a week and are open on holidays. We are a fast paced IVF clinic with a diverse group of patient and staff.
