Lab Database Admin II

Life Technologies

Full-time - Entry Level

10,001+ employees

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

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 - enabling 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. With clinical trials conducted in over 100 countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital, and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on - now and in the future. Our PPD® Laboratory Services team has a direct impact on improving patient health through the expertise of scientists, industry thought leaders, and therapeutic experts. As the world leader in serving science, our laboratory professionals bring their commitment to accuracy and quality to deliver groundbreaking innovations. In this role, you will perform a variety of sample and standard handling tasks in support of the laboratory, following established SOPs and responding to requests from laboratory staff with minimal direction. You will assist laboratory staff in following sample handling procedures and implement these procedures as necessary, possessing a basic understanding of several portions of the overall sample/standard process. Under close supervision, you will lead the delivery of electronic information to the laboratory database, providing technical advice for the use and operation of the laboratory database system, including data quality control and content verification procedures according to SOPs. You will be knowledgeable of all Logfile Roles and Responsibilities as data reconciliation team members must import updated information into Assist LIMS and must follow all the requirements of the logfile processes and SOPs. Your role will also involve utilizing client-provided data trackers to investigate sample demographic discrepancies and make updates to the Assist LIMS as appropriate, communicating updated trackers to the lab team, sponsor, client, or site, and reassigning samples in the Assist LIMS as necessary based on reconciliation requests.

Responsibilities

• Perform a variety of sample and standard handling tasks in support of the laboratory.
• Follow established SOPs and respond to requests from laboratory staff with minimal direction.
• Assist laboratory staff in following sample handling procedures and implement these procedures as necessary.
• Lead the delivery of electronic information to the laboratory database under close supervision.
• Provide technical advice for the use and operation of the laboratory database system, including data quality control and content verification procedures according to SOPs.
• Be knowledgeable of all Logfile Roles and Responsibilities as data reconciliation team members must import updated information into Assist LIMS.
• Utilize client-provided data trackers to investigate sample demographic discrepancies and make updates to the Assist LIMS as appropriate.
• Communicate updated trackers to the lab team, sponsor, client, or site.
• Reassign samples in the Assist LIMS either within the same project code or between project codes as appropriate based on reconciliation requests.
• Understand and complete virtual import of sample information as appropriate per guides and SOP.
• Understand and address all problem samples, making updates to Assist LIMS as appropriate, obtaining appropriate manifests for add-on samples, and generally troubleshooting sample discrepancies.
• Collaborate with the opening team and labelers to complete reassignments as appropriate.
• Confirm samples that are truly not received and mark as such (NSR) in the Assist LIMS.
• Update demographics in the Assist LIMS when samples are mislabeled but have already been analyzed.

Requirements

• High / Secondary school diploma or equivalent and relevant formal academic / vocational qualification.
• Technical positions may require a certificate.
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to at least 4 years).
• Experience with Microsoft Excel and web-based applications preferred.
• Attention to detail.
• Knowledge of regulated industry / environment preferred.
• Evidenced administrative competence and relevant data services skills.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills to support quality decision making.
• Quality written and verbal communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with laboratory information management systems (LIMS) is a plus.
• Familiarity with clinical trial processes and regulations.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage.
• 401k retirement savings plan.
• Paid holidays and vacation time.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Employee assistance programs.