Lab Assistant
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$ 24 - 29
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Job Description
The role of this person is to process specimens for the UCSF AIDS Specimen Bank. Specimens must be processed within hours of collection. The Specimen Bank receives many requests a month for specimens to be shipped to collaborators worldwide. This position would be responsible for receiving processing inventorying (data entry and scanning of bar codes) of freshly collected specimens receiving and inventory of frozen specimens occasional travel to offsite facility (less than 15 miles from primary worksite) for storage and for pulling specimen orders access freezer alarm online 24 x 7 freezer temperature recordings and maintenance making media and solutions preparing and shipping frozen biological specimens and entering data into the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). The Laboratory Assistant III will also assist senior staff in the maintenance of specimen storage laboratory equipment and organization of the lab to include putting away supplies cleaning counter tops and disposing of waste.
The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.
Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.
The salary range for this position is $24.77 $29.49 (Hourly Rate).
To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF including total compensation please visit: school graduation and three years of laboratory experience or two years of college including courses in the natural physical or social sciences and two years of laboratory experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience in processing specimens.
- Experience with human biological specimens handling and processing.
- Computer experience with general data entry systems.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability age protected veteran status or other protected status under state or federal law.
Department Description
MISSION: Advancing health through excellence in patient care education and discovery. VISION: To be the preeminent innovator in oral and craniofacial health worldwide. VALUES: Through our values we demonstrate LEADERSHIP in all that we do. Leadership Excellence Accountability Diversity Engagement Respect Social responsibility Honesty Innovation and Partnership. The School is committed to providing outstanding integrated patientcentered care preparing the next generation of clinicians and scientists for a rapidly evolving health care system leading the world in scientific discovery and its translation into improved patient care and public health creating and maintaining a supportive work and learning environment that attracts the best faculty staff students and trainees who can meet the changing needs of the School society and profession and optimizing resources to support strategic objectives and maximize stakeholder value. We provide comprehensive oral health care services with over 120000 patient visits per year. We offer a fouryear DDS program as well as a twoyear program for international dentists that culminates in the DDS degree. We have numerous specialty residencies PhD and Masters degree programs in Oral and Craniofacial Sciences a combined DDSPhD program and a combined PhDdental specialty training program. Other graduate programs include Craniofacial and Mesenchymal Biology and Bioengineering and a DDS/MBA program. The School is one of the preeminent oral and craniofacial research enterprises in the world ranking number one in National Institute of Health funding for 24 consecutive years.
About UCSF
The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research graduatelevel education in the life sciences and health professions and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the worlds leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer neurodegenerative diseases aging and stem cells.
Pride Values
UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism respect integrity diversity and excellence also known as our PRIDE values.
In addition to our PRIDE values UCSF is committed to equity both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education discovery and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available at
Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.
Employment Type
Full Time
