2025 Summer Intern - Sample Management
Req ID #: 226441
Horsham, Pennsylvania, USA
What you’ll do
Perform a variety of activities related management of study samples including, sample processing, storage, and client support and inventory management.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Protocol Interpretation with guidance.
- Perform daily tasks including sample receipt, processing, and storage of samples.
- Label creation, labelling of collection tubes and/or vials.
- Train on blood related procedures/techniques.
- Communicate sample discrepancies with appropriate parties involved within the Test Facility.
- Maintain blood supply inventory closet.
- Notify appropriate personnel when supplies require ordering.
- Perform all tasks in compliance with Good Laboratory Practice Regulations (GLPs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
- Assist with appropriate storage placement conditions for all incoming samples per protocol requirements.
- Clean/Maintain blood processing area including but not limited to centrifuges, countertops, blood processing associated equipment/tools and coolers.
- Perform data-entry/documentation to maintain accurate status of all sample processing.
- Retrieve/Restock study materials as needed.
- Maintain appropriate documentation to demonstrate positive control of study-related materials with guidance.
- Manage sample processing.
- Maintain processing records and inventory of required samples per protocol requirements.
- Complete training requirements as applicable.
- Perform all other related duties as assigned.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Works in a research environment, which requires use of sharp objects, working around mechanical parts, working with or near known or unknown toxic or caustic chemicals and/or biological hazards, exposure to fumes and airborne particles, working at noise levels ranging from low to moderate.
- The employee is exposed to biological samples from live animals with risk of exposure to allergens, zoonotic disease, and biohazards.
- May work in chemical fume hood.
- Regularly wears protective clothing (gloves, lab coats, and safety glasses).
- Works in a low temperature environment for periods of time.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
- This position may occasionally require overtime, weekend, holiday or off hours coverage.
This role is fully onsite at our Horsham, PA location
Pay for this role is $17 per hour
What you’ll need
- Education: High School Diploma or General Education Degree (G.E.D. or equivalent) required; Associates preferred. GLP experience preferred.
- Experience: 0-1 years experience in a life science laboratory.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
- Certification/Licensure: None
What you get
Core Benefits
- Mental/Dental/Vision Plans
- Vacation and Holiday
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Value Added Programs
- Employee discount program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Recognition and Referral Program
Additional Benefits
- Employee Assistance Plan
- Fitness Reimbursement and Wellness Programs
- Paid Volunteer Time Off
- Parental Leave
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage Contact Research Organization (CRO). Here, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people's lives. With 100 sites around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our clients' unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
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