Enjoy what you do while contributing to a company that makes a difference in people’s lives. Shady Grove Fertility, one of the premier fertility centers in the United States, continually seeks experienced, compassionate, and dynamic team players who are committed to delivering exceptional patient care to join our growing practice. The work we do, building families, offers stimulation, challenge, and personal reward.
If you're an Andrology Laboratory Technician looking for a new opportunity to work in a fast-paced, professional environment where your talent contributes to changing people’s lives, then we want to talk to you. This position requires collaborating with physicians, other medical providers, and patients by providing nurse case management services for fertility treatments.
We have an immediate opening for a full-time Andrology/Endocrine Laboratory Team Lead to join our team at our Chesterbrook, PA office. The schedule will be Monday - Friday from 7:30AM -4:00PM with weekend (every third or fourth) and holiday rotations.
How You'll Contribute:
We always do whatever it takes, even if it isn’t specifically our “job.” In general, the Andrology/Endocrine Laboratory Team Lead is responsible for:
- Supervision of lab staff
- Shipping, receiving and disposition of frozen samples
- Ordering and receiving lab supplies
- Examine and process specimens for routine semen analysis
- Perform counts for concentration and motility, perform histological techniques for identifying leucocytes, immature germ cells and morphology
- Process semen for ART procedures and intrauterine inseminations (IUIs)
- Perform semen cryopreservation
- Assure proper sample collection, delivery and identification (chain of custody)
- Perform daily/monthly quality control procedures for media and equipment used in the Andrology laboratory
- Assist laboratory personnel in performing lab services in accordance with Federal, State, and local laws and guidelines to ensure laboratory maintains accreditation
- Performs quality controls, calibration and instrument preventive maintenance checks at the required frequency and documents such actions.
- Checks and records daily temperature of refrigerators to ensure proper storage of media reagents.
- Monitors supply of reagents and other material to ensure adequate supply at all times and orders supplies when necessary.
- Take appropriate safety precautions for handling specimen and contaminated areas.
- Performs all clerical tasks associated with recording laboratory results in designated areas and filing.
- Provide a turnaround time to the physicians approximate two hour request from the time specimens are received.
- Reliability: It is an essential function of this position to report to work on time for your scheduled hours, ready for work.
What You'll Bring:
- Minimum of one year laboratory experience
- Experience in a chemistry analyzer strongly preferred
- Bachelor's degree in biology science or related field
- Tissue culture experience and/or semen processing a plus
- Ability to troubleshoot assays and equipment
- Lab supervision experience
- Fertility experience is a bonus!
More important than the best skills, however, is the right person. Employees who embrace our mission, vision, and core values are highly successful.
What We Offer:
We are proud to provide a comprehensive and competitive benefits package tailored to support the needs of our team members across all employment types:
- Full-Time Employees (30+ hours/week):
Medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with company match, tuition assistance, performance-based bonus opportunities, generous paid time off, and paid holidays
- Part-Time Employees:
401(k) with company match and performance-based bonus opportunities
- Per Diem Employees:
401(k) with company match
How To Get Started:
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