Senior Oncology Lab Technician – PK & QC Lead

The START Center for Cancer Research; West Valley City (UT); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with employer match

Annual performance bonus

Paid time off and holidays

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Life and disability insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Flexible FSA/HSA plans

Job summary

The START Center for Cancer Research in Utah is seeking a Senior Laboratory Technician to support the Labs and PK teams in performing point-of-care testing, specimen handling, and shipping per SOPs. The role emphasizes CLIA-waived tests, instrument operation, and quality control under supervision.

Responsibilities include sample processing, result entry, escalation of critical findings, and maintaining documentation and inventory in a fast-paced oncology research environment.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in chemical, physical, biological or clinical laboratory science or medical technology.
• 2 years of experience in a laboratory setting with solid understanding of laboratory techniques and safety protocols.
• Experience in data management.
• Experience in logistics and operations.
• Experience with electronic medical record programs and laboratory information systems.
• General knowledge of medical terminology.
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work well independently.
• Organizational skills to troubleshoot unplanned situations while meeting deadlines.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and ability to learn new software.
• Must maintain punctuality and be flexible to work hours to accommodate clinic patient schedule.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate specimen labeling, documentation, chain of custody, handling, processing, storage, packaging, and shipment per protocol.
• Evaluate specimens against acceptability criteria and detect issues affecting integrity.
• Perform centrifugation, aliquoting, processing, storage, and shipment prep for clinical and research specimens.
• Perform CLIA-waived, point-of-care, and other authorized laboratory testing.
• Operate point-of-care analyzers and laboratory equipment per procedures.
• Review analyzer alerts, error codes, and quality control results and escalate when needed.
• Participate in proficiency testing, competency assessments, inspections, audits and quality improvement.
• Prepare specimens to send to external laboratory vendors.
• Enter and transmit laboratory and point-of-care results per procedures and permissions.
• Notify ordering providers of critical results following notification procedures.
• Document communications, interventions and follow-ups related to results.
• Maintain competencies in nursing, laboratory, instrumentation, testing and specimen management.
• Follow Federal, State and local regulations and START policies.
• Maintain quality control, maintenance, competency, communication and testing records.
• Support readiness for inspections and regulatory audits.
• Maintain supplies and monitor lot numbers/expiration dates.
• Follow safety, biohazard, privacy and waste-disposal requirements.
• Stop testing if equipment or patient-safety concerns arise.
• Comply with applicable laws for biological sample processing, handling and shipping.
• Receive, process, handle, store and ship biospecimens per study specs.
• Prepare research sample collection supplies per study specs.
• Adhere to SOP and GLPs.
• Record data in electronic data systems per SOPs/GLP.
• Process and ship tissue specimens per protocol; coordinate with healthcare providers.
• Perform administrative tasks in the Pharmacokinetic Department (tally records, forms, filing, sample management).
• Complete study forms including shipping logs, shipping docs, requisition forms, flow sheets and manifests.
• Sanitize equipment; perform routine maintenance of equipment.
• Participate in on-call rotations for drug and specimen storage and for emergency management.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Independent work

Punctuality

Education

Associate’s degree in chemical, physical, biological or clinical laboratory science or medical technology

Bachelor’s degree or higher in clinical laboratory science (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office

EMR/LIS systems

Job description

The START Center for Cancer Research in Utah is seeking a Senior Laboratory Technician to support the Labs and PK teams in performing point-of-care testing, specimen handling, and shipping per SOPs. The role emphasizes CLIA-waived tests, instrument operation, and quality control under supervision.

Responsibilities include sample processing, result entry, escalation of critical findings, and maintaining documentation and inventory in a fast-paced oncology research environment.