Senior Clinical Laboratory Associate (2nd Shift, Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday, 4 x10 Hour Days, 100pm 1130pm)

Company Description

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on guarding wellness and giving every person more time free from cancer. Founded in 2012 Guardant is transforming patient care and accelerating new cancer therapies by providing critical insights into what drives disease through its advanced blood and tissue tests real-world data and AI analytics. Guardant tests help improve outcomes across all stages of care including screening to find cancer early monitoring for recurrence in early-stage cancer and treatment selection for patients with advanced cancer. For more information visitand follow the company onLinkedInX (Twitter)andFacebook.

About the Role:

The Senior Clinical Laboratory Associate (CLA) is responsible for supporting the daily operations of the Clinical Laboratory and assisting the Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS) during patient addition to the primary role of Senior CLA there will be a need to provide back-up support to the Research and Reagent Manufacturing groups. The Senior CLA will serve as a lead to the CLA team to coordinate tasks divide workload manage projects and review documents as assigned. The Senior CLA demonstrates the skills and competency to assist the CLS in automated sample processing and in all other support functions.

The nature of the work requires excellent attention to detail effective written and verbal communication skills the ability to multitask and be flexible with tasks and schedules and the ability to work independently in a team environment.

Pay Differential:Employees working this 2nd shift will receive a20% pay differentialin recognition of their commitment to working non-traditional hours.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Independently identify and troubleshoot high complexity problems that adversely affect the test performance for research sample testing.

• Assist with training of new laboratory personnel and training of new procedures with existing personnel.

• Assist with internal audits and inspection preparation as needed.

• Manage organizing and maintaining laboratory equipment personnel and training documents.

• Set-up the liquid handlers and assist with liquid handlers automated procedures.

• Ensure on-time calibration of laboratory equipment is scheduled and performed.

• Report all concerns of test quality and/or safety to the Supervisor or Safety Officer.

• Work closely with the CLSs and Accessioning Teams and Reagent Manufacturing team to provide consistent and ongoing support to the entire service department.

• Write and revise standard operating procedures as needed.

• Identify process improvement opportunities and report to laboratory management.

• Provide guidance for new Clinical Laboratory Associates give constructive feedback and provide peer review feedback for evaluations.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Essential Qualifications:

• Under the direct and constant supervision by the laboratory director or appropriately licensed individual:

• Perform equipment maintenance according to the laboratorys standard operating procedures.

• Create sample batches print labels and label tubes and plates.

• Maintain sufficient inventory of material supplies and equipment in the laboratory for performance of duties.

• Check monitor and record temperature and implement a resolution or initiate a service request as necessary.

• Clean racks and other laboratory supplies.

• Assist the CLSs during automated methods of patient testing.

• Work closely with the Leads of the Pre-Laboratory Post-Laboratory and Accessioning Teams to provide consistent and ongoing support to the entire service department.

• Document all corrective actions taken when test systems deviate from the laboratorys established performance specifications.

• Participate in projects under the supervision of a CLS or Supervisor along with maintaining quality and efficient workflow of daily duties.

• Participate with internal audits and inspection preparation as needed.

• Manage organization and maintenance of the laboratory and equipment.

• Ensure calibration of laboratory equipment is scheduled and performed on time.

• Write and revise standard operating procedures as needed.

• Identify process improvement opportunities and report to laboratory management.

• Lead the training of new and existing CLAs on current and new procedures.

• Provide guidance for CLAs give constructive feedback and provide peer review feedback for evaluations.

• Participate in projects under the supervision of a CLS or Supervisor along with maintaining quality and efficient workflow of daily duties;

• Identify process improvement opportunities and report to laboratory management.

• Help manage the training of new laboratory personnel and of new procedures with existing procedures under the guidance of a CLS or Supervisor; and

• Manage CLA schedules delegate tasks and other assignments to CLAs based on staffing and workload.

• Perform other duties as assigned; and

• Report all concerns of test quality and/or safety to the Laboratory Supervisor Laboratory Director or Safety Officer.

Hybrid Work Model: This section is applicable to onsite employees who are eligible for hybrid work location as specified by management and related policies. Guardant has defined days for in-person/onsite collaboration and work-from-home days for individual-focused time. All U.S. employees who live within 50 miles of a Guardant facility will be required to be onsite on Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays. We have found aligning our scheduled in-office days allows our teams to do the best work and creates the focused thinking time our innovative work requires. At Guardant our work model has created flexibility for better work-life balance while keeping teams connected to advance our science for our patients.