Title: Lab Technician

Location: San Antonio, Texas

Job Description:

ERG is a leading U.S. based, privately held, independent clinical research site company, and provider of clinical development services with an expertise in early and late stage neuroscience drug development. With 22 wholly owned clinical sites and 5 affiliated sites, we conduct in-patient and out-patient phase I-IV clinical research studies. ERG has 340+ in-patient beds, a large and growing database of patients suffering from mental illness, neurological disorders, sleep disorders, addictions, Acute and Chronic Pain, diabetes and other illnesses as well as normal healthy volunteers who participate in trials for the advancement of medicine. With access to over 32 million patients/subjects and 5000 + completed trials, ERG continues to grow its capabilities and expand into indications where there are tremendous unmet medical needs in the United States and globally.

The Lab Assistant will perform basic and complex clinical and pharmacokinetic specimen collection and processing (upon assignment) for Phase 1 clinical trials, primarily healthy paid volunteers. Duties will primarily focus on assisting the Lab Manager in processing laboratory samples, but will also include clerical and data entry duties. Hours are project dependent and sometimes require weekends and/or very early or late hours.

Responsibilities:

Clinical:

• Performs the collection and processing of non-venous clinical specimens (i.e. urine, fecal, sputum, saliva)
• Performs a variety of routine blood drawing procedures to include venipuncture, techniques using standard equipment to include vacutainer tubes and sleeves, tourniquets, syringes, and butterfly needles
• Processes clinical or pharmacokinetic specimens according to protocol specifications of venous and non-venous clinical specimens (i.e. blood, urine, fecal, sputum, saliva), as assigned
• Monitors urine collection temperatures, as assigned
• Monitors specimen collections (i.e. urine, feces), as assigned
• Supply and stock phlebotomy trays with needed equipment
• Maintain sample collection area clean and stocked with all necessary supplies
• Notifies appropriate staff of abnormal results while collecting specimens, adverse events or unusual incidents
• Acts as courier to Pharmacokinetic laboratory for collected specimens
• Assures minimal discomfort for study participants while performing all duties
• Maintains safety and well-being of study participants during assigned shift

Skills and Qualifications:

• Certification as a Phlebotomy Technician and/or a minimum of six months experience working as a phlebotomist at a medical facility.
• Clinical Research experience preferred but not required
• BLS and/or ACLS certification preferred but not required.
• Understands regulatory requirements, as well as Good Clinical Practices (GCP) and International Conference of Harmonization (ICH) guidelines.
• Knowledgeable in medical terminology
• Excellent communication skills (interpersonal, written, verbal)
• Basic computer skills to include Word, Excel, as well as proprietary applications unique to the clinical research industry (such as Study Manager)