Job Description:

Description

ICON Government and Public Health Solutions specializes in preclinical through phase IV support of clinical research and clinical trial services for biologics, drugs, and devices. We help our customers get their products to market faster with a wide array of research, regulatory, and sponsor services both within the US and around the globe and respond rapidly to global health crises.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Reasonable Accommodation Statement:

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

- Recognize position is within a clinical research setting, with ethical and HIPAA-like requirements. Additionally, ICH GCP guidelines, FDA and military regulations and applicable state laws are in practice.

- Within the framework of CTC management, responsible for overall lab requirements demonstrated by the following: Adapt to multiple priorities related to study requirements and personnel involvement

- Organize and maintain lab, assist in implementing best practices

- Serve as a resource for information regarding lab practices and blood draw requirements

- Assist in creating and maintaining specific lab and study documentation

- Assist in creating and maintaining inventories of specimen collection material

- Assist in the designing and updating of laboratory-based SOPs and various study documents

- Inventory: maintain and update supplies

- Serve as the secondary point of contact in the interaction with other labs, couriers, etc.

- Computer proficient in word and excel programs; save and store documents electronically, create forms.

- Provide all job-related progress reports/technical reports as requested.

- Perform other duties as required and assigned.

- Attend safety and ethics training relative to the position.

- Provide technical assistance to ICON GPHS Headquarters as needed.

- Primary person to perform phlebotomy for simple through full blood unit collections using standard techniques and universal precautions for approved research protocols.

- Receive and/or assist in collection of other types of samples (e.g. stool, urine, nasal swabs).

- Assist study coordinators in site preparation and required logistics for clinical study execution.

- Prepare, package and ship clinical specimens according to regulations, policies or procedures.

- Maintains a safe workplace ensuring that he/she is aware of and observes appropriate safety and occupational health rules and regulations. Employee is required to attend safety training relative to his/her position and report any infractions of safety procedures to the facility Safety Officer.

- Performs light duties and other related duties as required and assigned.

ICON Government and Public Health Solutions specializes in preclinical through phase IV support of clinical research and clinical trial services for biologics, drugs, and devices. We help our customers get their products to market faster with a wide array of research, regulatory, and sponsor services both within the US and around the globe and respond rapidly to global health crises.

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Laboratory/office environment; may require working evenings and weekends. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to manipulate objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear. Work may involve long periods of standing and handling of numerous chemicals and/or hazardous biological material. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Qualifications

Experience
1 - 2 years: Certified phlebotomist with experience in specimen processing, shipping, and archiving. (required)
1 - 2 years: Experience in specimen processing, shipping, and archiving. (required)
Must have excellent communication, organization and prioritization skills. (preferred)
Physical Capabilities: work may involve long periods of standing and handling of numerous chemicals and/or hazardous biological material. (preferred)
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and customers. (preferred)
Must be able to work independently following a brief period of specific technical training. (preferred)

Licenses & Certifications
Phlebotomist (preferred)

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).

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