Andrology Laboratory Technician

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 /Endocrine 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 opening for a full time Andrology Lab Technician to join our team in our Houston, Clear Lake, and Memorial City locations. The schedule is working daytime hours Monday through Friday 6:45am- 3p with weekend rotations every 4th week.

How You'll Contribute:

We always do whatever it takes, even if it isn’t specifically our “job.” In general, the Andrology /Endocrine Laboratory Technician is responsible for:

• 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/Endocrine laboratory
• Assist laboratory personnel in performing lab services in accordance with Federal, State, and local laws and guidelines to ensure laboratory maintains accreditation
• Checks and records daily temperature of refrigerators to ensure proper storage of media reagents.
• Performs quality controls, calibration and instrument preventive maintenance checks at the required frequency and documents such actions.
• Monitors supply of reagents and other material to ensure adequate supply at all times and orders supplies when necessary.

How You'll Contribute:

We always do whatever it takes, even if it isn’t specifically our “job.” In general, the Andrologist is responsible for:

• 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

What You'll Bring:

• • B.S. in Biology or other relevant science and/or MLT ASCP
  • Minimum of one year laboratory experience
  • Experience with a chemistry analyzer strongly preferred
  • Tissue culture experience (sterile technique) and/or semen processing a plus

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:

• Competitive pay + bonus
• Comprehensive training
• Ability to make an impact in the communities we serve

At US Fertility, we promote and develop individual strengths in order to help staff grow personally and professionally. Our core values - Empathy, Patient Focus, Integrity, Commitment, and Compassion (EPICC) – guide us daily to work hard and enjoy what we do. We’re committed to growing our practice and are always looking to promote from within. This is an ideal time to join our team!

To learn more about our company and culture, visit here.

How To Get Started:

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