Job Opportunities in United States

Department

Biological and Genome Sciences - 428201

Career Area

Research Professionals

Posting Open Date

10/14/2024

Application Deadline

11/08/2024

Position Type

Temporary Staff (SHRA)

Position Title

Research Technician

Position Number

20055150

Vacancy ID

S024186

Full-time/Part-time

Full-Time Temporary

Hours per week

40

Work Schedule

Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm

Position Location

North Carolina, US

Hiring Range

$22.00 per hour

Proposed Start Date

10/28/2024

Estimated Duration of Appointment

6 months not to exceed 11 months

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Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit

The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.

OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.

OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.

Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.

Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

Position Summary

This position will provide technical and organizational support for a research project(s) of Dr. Bautch’s, conducting research on blood vessel formation. The research technician will work as part of a team containing postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and other researchers, including undergraduate students. In certain situations the research technician will train these individuals in established protocols.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Demonstrated possession of the competencies necessary to perform the work.

Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

Demonstrated possession of the competencies necessary to perform the work.

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in a discipline related to the area of assignment, along with some training and experience in the indicated areas. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Special Physical/Mental Requirements

The physical effort involved in the position is the ability to move supplies and equipment (up to 20 pounds) with or without accommodation. In addition, the Research Technician must be capable of repeated micropipetting and working at the lab bench for several hours at a time with or without accommodation.

This employee is expected to work with organic chemicals (in the fume hood as required by lab safety standards). In addition, the research technician must be able to work safely with bacteria and yeast that contain recombinant DNA.

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