Lab & Research Technician

Overview

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Benefits
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All full-time university staff are eligible for VCU’s robust benefits package that includes comprehensive health benefits, paid annual and holiday leave granted up front, generous tuition benefits, retirement planning and savings options, tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs, employee discounts, well-being resources, abundant opportunities for career development and advancement, and more.

School Of Medicine MBU

Orthopedic Surgery

• Research, Analysis & Reporting
• Reviews and revises standard operating procedures.
• Provides technical support to medical residents, fellows, and other personnel.
• Implements, manages, and provides services for analytical processing of samples obtained by micro-dissection including but not limited to extraction of nerve and muscle tissues.
• Carries out basic and clinical research protocols as described and designed by the laboratory director. These include microsurgery on rats, histological analysis, statistical analysis, neurophysiologic testing. Assists in the design of experiments and interprets results.
• Performs statistical analysis of data using the statistical software such as SPSS, sigma stat, etc.
• Prepares reports, both verbal and written regarding laboratory results.
• Maintains mouse/rate colonies and performs experiments in vivo.
• Performs surgical manipulation of laboratory animals, care and monitoring of animals, euthanasia of animals, data collection, record keeping, and any other tasks associated with the scientific study. Participates in the assessment and collection of clinical research as related to hand, wrist, and extremity reconstructive microsurgery. Communicates with study patients and participants to interview and collect data. Assists microsurgery director in management of specimen handling that provides nerve and muscle samples to principal investigators and sub/co investigators.
  
  Supervises maintenance of instruments and validation of new instrumentation.
• Independently troubleshoots instrument, assay, and or/analytical problems to prevent delays in testing. Initiates repairs as needed.
• Communicates with study patients and participants to interview and collect data.
• Performs basic science bench research.

• Resident Research Coordinating & Training
• Supports the educational program for training residents and medical students in the methods of microsurgical and electrophysiological testing.
• Support may include contributing to the quality and content of the basic techniques and instructional information of the educational program.
• Trains students, residents, and new employee’s basic science procedures and protocols and in lab safety.
• Oversees resident involvement in microsurgical research projects and microsurgical training exercises.
• Performs group or individual microsurgery instruction to students, residents, and fellows in the Orthopaedic Surgery.
• Offers microsurgery training to residents and partners in other departments who require these skills to strengthen their clinical work. Tests resident/fellows for readiness to participate by evaluating aptitude to do work with animals.
• Confirm health status of resident/fellows. Attends all IACUC and other regulatory authorities’ mandated meetings and seminars.
• Assures completion of competency assessments in a timely manner and maintains records of same.
• Keeps up to date with all safety and regulatory requirements.

• Lab Safety & Compliance Coordination
• Functions as the laboratory safety officer.
• Responsible for compliance with all regulatory requirements, and the safe use of hazardous materials in the laboratory, including biological and chemical agents, required by IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee).
• Demonstrates knowledge of all local, state, and federal laws and regulations regarding laboratory testing.
• Is familiar with all emergency response procedures (RACER).
• Participates in all VCUHS and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery essential education and safety training and provides appropriate documentation to laboratory director.
• Complies with Department of Orthopedic Surgery dress code and PPE (personal protective…