TES Tech, Receiving Services

Position Information

Requisition Number: TES
3175P
Home Org Name:
Pathobiology Division
College of Veterinary Medicine

Position Title:

TES Tech, Central Receiving Services
Estimated Hours Per Week: 25
Anticipated Length of Assignment: 9 months

We are seeking temporary employees as TES Central Receiving Services Tech to support our Central Receiving Services team. The Central Receiving Services team works to provide efficient workflow to eliminate accessioning, paperwork, and package retrieval from laboratory personnel. Central Receiving technicians will receive and organize all external and internal specimens, receive and document incoming packages from outside vendors, and will distribute to the designated laboratories.

The individual selected for this position must be available to work weekdays, weekends, and holidays.

Temporary Employment Services (TES), a unit of the Auburn University Department of Human Resources, is an in-house support center established to meet the temporary employment needs of the university. TES provides qualified and dedicated temporary employees in a wide variety of occupations to meet the staffing needs throughout the campus. Temporary employees are hired for a variety of reasons with the most common being:

• Assistance in the place of a regular employee who is absent for a specified period of time
• Additional assistance during periods of abnormal or peak workloads
• Assistance with special projects
• Seasonal work
• Emergencies

AU students are not eligible for TES.

• Responsible for receiving all shipments for research and diagnostics labs for the Department of Pathobiology. Full understanding of regulatory compliance, adherence to Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) guidance and Internal SOPs, cooperation with Risk Management and Safety (RMS) and research and diagnostic lab directors and staff. Observe and comply with all RMS policies and procedures for safe handling of blood, serum, and animal tissues and select chemicals.
• Ensures all diagnostic packages are opened, handled, and stored in accordance with Biological Substance Category A and B guidelines. Inspects packages to ensure integrity of package contents and diagnostic samples.
• Log package receipt (time/day), shipping conditions (wet or dry ice, room temperature, etc.), package contents (blood, serum, fresh or fixed tissue, slides, etc.), sample integrity, and note any submission discrepancies. Ensures completed submission paperwork accompanies each sample. Determines storage and transport requirements for each sample and ensures samples are handled appropriately to maintain integrity.
• Creates accessions for each diagnostic sample through the Vet View Veterinary Hospital and Laboratory Management System. Assigns each sample to the appropriate diagnostic laboratory and enters codes for each requested diagnostic assay. Enters patient history and clinical observations for each submission. Ensures all required information has been provided by the submitting clinic and liaises with clinics to gather needed information.
• Responsible for operating company vehicle safely as well as maintaining a valid driver’s license and driving record for the safe and timely transportation of specimens, supplies, reports, equipment, and materials to the appropriate destination while protecting critical health information. Coordinates with laboratory staff to deliver samples and packages to diagnostic and research labs.

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