Brain Bank Technician

Greater Los Angeles Veterans Research and Education Foundation•Los Angeles, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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.
Bachelor’s Degree.
Biological laboratory bench work.
Knowledge of medical terminology is desirable.
Superior command of writing, proofreading, and communicating in the English language.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, percentages, area, etc. Ability to apply concepts of business mathematics and statistical analysis.
Ability to deal with problems involving multiple variables in non-standard situations.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of medical terminology

Responsibilities

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.