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At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life – To enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. As part of our clinical research portfolio, our CorEvitas evidence-based solutions specialize in generating data intelligence and clinical insights needed to bring safe and effective treatments to market. Your objectivity and dedication to patient safety will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.
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CorEvitas/Patient and Advisory Services Division/Clinical Research Group
100% Fully Remote position for CorEvitas Precision Medicine Group
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Discover Impactful Work: At CorEvitas we pair deep, rich longitudinal data from our syndicated registries to advance the molecular understanding of disease and the development of novel therapeutics, diagnostics, and prognostic tools by collection and use of biospecimens from prospective clinical studies and our biorepositories. We partner with the scientific community in providing high quality biospecimens and data for advancement of proprietary pharmaceutical research and precision medicine objectives. As a Biospecimen Registration and Reconciliation Associate, you will be responsible for ensuring biospecimens and their associated data meet the needs of fulfilling the promise of advancing scientific research.
A day in the Life:
- Review biospecimens within the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), central lab database system, and across other databases based upon biospecimen best practices, standard operating procedures, work instructions, and study specific requirements, approve biospecimens meeting standards, and identify biospecimen and biospecimen related data discrepancies.
- Fully reconcile biospecimen and biospecimen related data discrepancies via interaction with clinical sites, clinical registry managers, and central laboratories. As part of the reconciliation process, make appropriate updates to LIMS and other databases while ensuring compliance and traceability of changes are captured.
- Monitor and identify site biospecimen acquisition and central laboratory handling, and data entry issues and contribute to improving the quality of biospecimen and biospecimen related data through your observations.
- Coordinate with the central laboratories and biorepository team for supplies and logistics of collection and shipping kit deliveries to clinical sites.
- Create, distribute, and present biospecimen acquisition, sample problem and query issue metrics and reports to relevant study teams and coordinate biospecimen registration and reconciliation activities in concert with downstream project team and biorepository team needs.
- Maintain technical knowledge and ensure compliance with clinical and laboratory best practices for biospecimen and biospecimen related data acquisition at clinical sites and biospecimen transport and processing at central laboratories
Keys to Success:
Education
- Medical Technician or Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in a scientific discipline or health-related field
Experience
- At least two years of experience in managing biospecimens and associated data, preferably with clinical biospecimen experience including troubleshooting of biospecimen processing.
- Experience in interfacing with central and/or testing laboratories and/or or biorepositories
- Experience with a LIMS and other laboratory/clinical databases
- Experience in a biobank or other biospecimen management system
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Knowledge and familiarity with standard biospecimen processes and biospecimen related data acquisition, sample analysis, sample storage and laboratory data management systems such as a LIMS or other databases.
- Attention to detail and ability to manage differing studies within standards.
- Demonstrated application of critical judgement, and problem solving, preferably in biomedical research.
- Ability to work independently with time and project management skills
- Enjoy working within a virtual team environment at various levels and from various fields to achieve objectives.
- This is a virtual role and requires long periods of work at the computer.
Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.
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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.
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