Technical Res Assistant II 40 Hours Days - Bwh Neurology
Technical Res Assistant II 40 Hours Days - Bwh Neurology
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Job Description
QUALIFICATIONS:
BS in biological/physical science
Must have at least one year experience in a directlyrelated research setting.
SKILLS/ABILITIES/COMPETENCIESREQUIRED:
High degree of computer literacy.
Sound analytical and organizational skills.
Requires good oral and written communicationskills.
Must be able to logically and effectivelystructure tasks and set priorities.
Ability to identify potential problems andtroubleshoot solutions.
Demonstrated ability to analyze datastatistically and to logically present it.
SUPERVISORYRESPONSIBILITIES:
Responsible for training and orienting new staff. May serve as a team leader or supervisor in asmaller research setting.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Each area should include working conditions specific toposition. Please also include anyspecific physical requirements lifting bending etc.
Brigham and Womens Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race sex color religion national origin sexual orientation protected veteran status or on the basis of disability.
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Working very independently under very general supervision executesprotocols involving a variety of routine and nonroutine experiments at aprofessional level. May identify newtechniques. Develops modification ofexisting techniques as appropriate. Incollaboration with other members of the research team gives input to thedevelopment of design protocols. Calculates transcribes and analyzes datausing statistical techniques. May beresponsible for orienting and training new staff. May serve in a supervisory role in smallerlab.
TheClinical Immunology Laboratory of the Center for Neurologic Diseases is seekingto hire a highly qualified and motivated Technical Research Assistant II towork with our multiple sclerosis biorepository. Work will include but not belimited to sample processing and storage sample retrieval maintaining andauditing sample inventory and performing quality control assessments.
PRINCIPAL DUTIESAND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Processing and freezing biologic specimens from patientscollected as part of an ongoing longitudinal natural history study. Maintaininga repository of frozen samples for future and ongoing studies. Recordingsamples in an Oracle based LIMS system. Troubleshooting logging errors andperforming audits of sample inventory.
Performing quality control assessments of frozen samples byflow cytometry; staining of lymphocytes with immunofluorescent antibodies; flowcytometry acquisition and data analysis.
Recruitment of healthy volunteers to donate blood ascontrols; obtaining informed consent documentation of enrollment in studyperforming blood draws under supervision.
Coordinationof blood requests for investigators at the center; interaction with clinicalcenter to obtain samples.
Orderinglaboratory reagents and supplies.
Maintainingequipment and supplies in a neat and orderly manner.
Maintainingbasic records of experiments methodologies and test results in a log of workperformed.
Identifyingunusual findings and reports such findings to supervisor with suggestions forfollowup experiments and procedures.
Maintainingestablished department policies procedures objectives quality assurancesafety environmental and infection control.
Involvedin orientation and training of other employees such as new technicians andsummer interns. Assists in the daytoday supervision of high school interns.
Performingliterature searches as directed.
All other dutiesas assigned.
Employment Type
Full-Time
