Stem Cell Processing Technician 1

CooperSurgical is a leading fertility and women’s healthcare company dedicated to putting time on the side of women, babies, and families at the healthcare moments that matter most in life. As a division of CooperCompanies, we’re driven by a unified purpose to enable patients to experience life's beautiful moments. Guided by our shared values – dedicated, innovative, friendly, partners, and do the right thing – our offerings support patients throughout their lifetimes, from contraception to fertility and birth solutions, to women’s and family care, and beyond. We currently offer over 600 clinically relevant medical devices to healthcare providers, including testing and treatment options, as well as an innovative suite of assisted reproductive technology and genomic testing solutions. Learn more at Responsibilities Process cord blood and cord tissue samples at all workstations trained and maintain certifications. Adhere to guidelines set forth in safety manual. Understand job hazard analysis concerns and communicate safety issues, deviations from procedures, anomalies, and abnormalities to responsible parties. Perform all assigned duties in compliance with internal policies, processes and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as well as external regulations as determined by regulatory agencies. Responsible for remaining current in all training. Audit, verify, and maintain accurate records. Maintain donor, client, and employee confidentiality. Perform repetitive tasks, while maintaining attention to detail. Evaluate disposables and equipment for non-conformities and notify responsible parties (QC, Supervisor, and/or Management). Perform daily department startup /shutdown checklist tasks and documentation. Perform general lab cleaning and maintenance. As business needs dictate, works extended hours to complete daily department goals or tasks to include mandatory overtime. Travel: N/A Qualifications Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Language/Communication Skills: Demonstrate ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Demonstrate ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Demonstrate ability to speak effectively before groups of employees in the organization. Use grammar, vocabulary, and style to communicate logically. Demonstrates social capability - interacts confidently and reads the situation. Empathetic and can evaluate reactions. Avoids engaging in unprofessional conversation. Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Attention to Detail: Ability to 'zoom in' to detail quickly and accurately. Checks information and identifies inconsistencies or errors. Participates and sees individual tasks through to completion. Work Hours: Onsite position in Tucson, AZ. Work hours dictated by the requirements of the lab; flexible to work alternate schedules, able to work mid-shifts, weekends, and holidays. The schedule for this role will be Thu-Mon 0700-1530. Must report to work within 1.5 hours from the receipt of notification if “On Call” for a given shift. Experience / Education: Bachelor’s or Associate degree, preferably in a Laboratory Science or MLT/CLT; or High School diploma with 2 years of equivalent work experience; or 1 year of experience working at CBR; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Physical Requirements: The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to balance activities that require seeing, listening, touching, and verbalizing needs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision and ability to adjust focus. The employee is required to perform repetitive tasks for long periods. The employee is required to walk, climb ladder or step stool; sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The employee is required to wear personal protective equipment while processing potentially biohazardous products that may include umbilical cord blood, blood products and/or umbilical cord tissue. The employee is required to wear personal protective equipment while utilizing cleaning reagents that may contain hazardous chemicals. The employee is required to wear personal protective equipment while utilizing liquid nitrogen and working with equipment that maintains extreme low temperatures. Benefits As an employee of CooperSurgical, you'll receive an outstanding total compensation plan. Our compensation package includes medical coverage, 401(k), parental leave, fertility benefits, paid time off for vacation, personal, sick and holidays, and multiple other perks and benefits. 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