Lab Technician 2, Department of Surgery

The Department of Surgery at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is seeking a Lab Technician 2 to work in the lab of Dr. Slingluff.

Lab and Research Technician 2 employees provide increasingly complex technical support for projects and may engage in increasingly complex scientific experiments. May handle more sophisticated administrative and logistical tasks. Lab and Research Technician 2 employees operate under supervision with a degree of independence when following set protocols and procedures.

Responsibilities include:

• Perform research under the supervision of the Principal Investigator or other senior lab members, such as postdoc researchers.
• Experimental work includes molecular cloning, mammalian cell culture, and live cell/fixed cell microscopic imaging, ELISA assays, and other immunologic assays.
• Maintain lab inventory and order general lab supplies and prepare buffers and other common shared reagents, help with the overall laboratory maintenance for a safe and clean workspace.
• Train new lab members for general lab techniques and lab safety regulation.
• Participate and present research progress in regular lab meeting and journal club.
• Attend departmental seminars and national scientific conferences.
• In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education: Associate's degree

Experience:At least 2 years of lab experience which may include student experience.Bachelor's degree in related science will be considered in lieu of experience.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This position can spend extensive periods of time standing and squatting while conducting experiments or caring for animals. Also requires keyboarding and other bench work and animal procedures requiring finer finger manipulation.

Lab Tech positions at the University of Virginia provide career growth and advancement opportunities and numerous benefits, including health insurance, retirement, and education benefits, among others. Please visit this page for more information about Laboratory Research at UVA: https://jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/laboratory-research.

This position is on-site in Charlottesville, VA.

This is a restricted position and is dependent upon project need, availability of funding and performance. This is a non-exempt level, benefitted position. For more information on the benefits at UVA, visit https://hr.virginia.edu/benefits.

This position will remain open until filled. The University will perform background checks on all new hires prior to employment. A completed pre-employment health screen is required for this position.

TO APPLY

Please apply through Careers at UVA, and search for R0069620. Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile by searching 'Find Jobs'. Complete an application online with the following documents:

• CV or Resume
• Cover letter

Applications that do not contain all required documents will not receive full consideration.

References will be completed via UVA's standardized process Skill Survey during the final phase of the interview process.

For questions about the application process, please contact Jessica Russo, Senior Recruiter, at sxv9zv@virginia.edu.

For more information about UVA and the Charlottesville community please see http://www.virginia.edu/life/charlottesville and https://embarkcva.com/.

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