Biorepository Technician (Remote) (Tues-Sat 1pm-9:30pm)

Company Description

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally through use of its proprietary tests, vast data sets and advanced analytics. The Guardant Health oncology platform leverages capabilities to drive commercial adoption, improve patient clinical outcomes and lower healthcare costs across all stages of the cancer care continuum. Guardant Health has commercially launched Guardant360®, Guardant360 CDx, Guardant360 TissueNext™, Guardant360 Response™, and GuardantOMNI® tests for advanced stage cancer patients, and Guardant Reveal™ for early-stage cancer patients. The Guardant Health screening portfolio, including the Shield™ test, aims to address the needs of individuals eligible for cancer screening.

Job Description

About the Role:

At Guardant Health, we are committed to positively and significantly impacting patient health through technology breakthroughs that pointedly address long-standing unmet needs in oncology. As the leader in the liquid biopsy field Guardant Health has information about the mutational landscapes of over 30,000 patients.

As a Biorepository Technician, we are looking for someone who will be a vital link between internal Customer Service and the Clinical Lab personnel. The Biorepository Technician is responsible for verifying patient data for laboratory testing.  The Biorepository Technician has demonstrated a good understanding of laboratory and documentation workflow. In addition to the primary role of data verification, there will be a need to provide support in initiating and investigating non-conformance reports. It is imperative that the Biorepository Technician have demonstrated the ability to work independently, but also function effectively as a member of the Guardant Health team. The nature of the work requires excellent attention to detail, effective written and verbal communication skills, the ability to multi-task and be flexible with tasks and schedules, and the ability to work independently in a team environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Follow HIPAA regulations
• Verify patient data in the LIMS database
• Resolve and document discrepancies for patient records
• Support the administrative functions as required
• Work closely with the Analytical, Post-Analytical, and Client Services teams to provide consistent and ongoing support to the entire service department
• Document test system deviations from the laboratory’s established performance specifications by initiating Nonconforming Reports (NCRs)
• Assist with training of new laboratory personnel and training of new procedures with existing personnel
• Respond to emails between departments to resolve issues and/or provide appropriate escalation
• Report all concerns of test quality and/or safety to the Supervisor or Safety Officer
• Perform other miscellaneous duties as assigned and assist others as time allows

Qualifications

• Minimum of Associate of Arts or equivalent experience required
• Bachelor of Arts or Science in Biomedical Laboratory Science, Clinical Science, or related field preferred
• Well versed in supporting the clinical lab date entry, preferred
• Knowledgeable of SCIENTIFIC AREA OF a Clinical Lab
• Familiar with documenting all corrective actions taken
• Strong computing skills, especially databases
• Dedicated to making a difference
• Driven to make a positive impact in cancer diagnosis and treatment
• Great communicator with great written and verbal fluency in English
• Detailed oriented with an appetite to drive tasks to completion
• Ability to work well in a rapid-pace startup environment
• Ability to work well in a group
• Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision.

Additional Information

Hybrid Work Model: At Guardant Health, we have 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.

For positions based in Palo Alto, CA or Redwood City, CA, the hourly range for this full-time position is $24.11 to $32.69. The range does not include benefits and, if applicable, overtime, bonus, commission, or equity.

Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, includi