Brain Bank Technician

Job Details:

• Position: Brain Bank Technician (FT) Laboratory Skills Required.
• Brain Bank Technician with Biological laboratory bench work.
• This job is ONSITE in Los Angeles. Remote work is not available for this position.
• Biological laboratory bench work. Knowledge of medical terminology.
• RESUMES MUST CONTAIN YOUR NAME AND BE SUBMITTED AS A PDF FILE.

Summary:

• The Brain Bank Technician under the direction of the Bank Director helps in Brain Bank biological laboratory work.
• General duties include but are not limited to the following and more detailed specific directions, prioritization and updates are provided on a regular basis.
• This position requires rotating on-call responsibilities as needed, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities include any combination of the following. Other duties may be assigned:

• Be flexible to accommodate special projects that come up regularly and are related to the work.
• Set up, operate, adjust, calibrate, troubleshoot, and maintain laboratory instruments and equipment.
• Participate in conducting a battery of laboratory analyses utilizing standard lab methods, on human specimens.
• Isolate, dissect, and prepare specimens for standardized quality assessment/assurance.
• Participate in conducting and monitoring molecular biology experiments, make observations, and calculate and record operational data and complete results to submit for discussions.
• Assist in banking human specimens while working with the donor coordinator for timely processing and preservation of incoming all brain/spinal cord tissue and fluid specimens.
• Participate in on-call rotating schedule duty without schedule restrictions. This includes evenings, weekends and after-hours receiving and preservation of incoming brain/spinal cord tissue and fluid specimens.
• Assist in a timely shipment of prepared quality assessment/assurance tested banked specimens to the requesting researchers.
• Participate in the research and development scientific processes of the Brain Bank.
• Use computers, computer-interfaced equipment, robotics or high-throughput equipment and computer applications to perform work duties.

Qualifications:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
• Strong database entry skills to accurately enter detailed medical and social history and lab notes.
• Excellent knowledge of word processing tools and spreadsheets (MS Office Word, Excel etc.).
• Excellent interpersonal, written/oral communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Ability to design experiments and troubleshoot technical hurdles independently.
• Typically, such skills are the result of a combination of education (e.g., courses in Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, or related Biological Science area, medical terminology, personal computer operations) and working experience in a research laboratory.
• The incumbent must be able to perform this job safely, without endangering the health or safety of him/herself or others.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree.
• Biological laboratory bench work. Knowledge of medical terminology is desirable.
  
  

Language Skills:

• Superior command of writing, proofreading, and communicating in the English language.
  
  

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, percentages, area, etc. Ability to apply concepts of business mathematics and statistical analysis.
  
  

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to deal with problems involving multiple variables in non-standard situations.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands 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 essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; use hands; and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts such as the case of using a paper shredder, copier, or other standard office equipment that contains said parts.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.