Research Assistant/Technician 4

University of British Columbia•Vancouver, BC

6d•CA$5,221 - CA$6,124•Onsite

About The Position

Under the supervision of the Body Program faculty lead, this role provides support in the Gross Anatomy laboratory and other Gross Anatomy teaching areas. The employee will exercise considerable judgment, responsibility, and initiative in determining work procedures and methods related to the administration of the Body Donation Program. This role coordinates the use of anatomical material for research and education in collaboration with and under the supervision of the faculty Lead, and is responsible for managing the lab.

Requirements

Completion of a university degree in a relevant discipline or technical program and a minimum four years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one’s own.
Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one’s own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Nice To Haves

Four years of related experience in working clinical environment preferred.
Proven ability to carry out moderately complex procedures without supervision.
Good communication skills required in dealing with students and public.
Discreteness in dealing with Body Donor Program.
Effective oral and written communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.
Must be able to work with FileMaker Pro database.
Ability to work both independently and within a team environment.
Proficiency in computer applications is required.
Some positions may require a graduate degree.

Responsibilities

Exercises knowledge of anatomy dissection in order to prepare wet specimens for demonstration teaching purposes and for plastination.
Dissects human cadavers required for plastination.
Exercises knowledge of chemical or histology procedures.
Exercises safety knowledge of handling of hazardous chemicals.
Oversees and trains technical staff in the morgue in plastination techniques.
Coordinate delivery of bodies and prosections to the university, to other sites (UNBC, UVIC, UBC-O) and hospitals, and to funeral homes for cremation.
Responsible for developing and designing new technological updates on body program database.
Develop improved workflow for the administration of the Body Donation Program in collaboration with the Faculty Lead.
Maintain and organize student bone collection and prosected specimens; cataloguing these collections.
Maintain Gross Anatomy medical student laboratories, morgue and dissecting areas including: cleaning cadaver trays, counters, sinks, commodes and laboratory floors as required; washing instruments; tidying rooms; replacing, and organizing supplies; putting away specimens; making solutions.
Research new technologies as they relate to the maintenance of a modern gross anatomy laboratory. Discuss these findings with the Faculty Lead and coordinate any possible implementation of these new technologies with them.
Oversee the management of chemical inventory for gross anatomy teaching labs and morgue.
Receive bodies and prepare, embalm and store.
Receive body program phone calls from families, and doctors, and make decisions as to acceptance of the body based on a “check list” of questions and the doctor’s experience.
Set-up and invigilation of anatomy lab examinations.
Keep accurate records of all program related data including number of students attending the labs, total scheduled hours in the GAL, uses of cadaver and/or prosected material.
Develop, review and update all SOPs as they relate to the administration of the Body Donation Program.
Train new staff and oversee the work of current staff and ensure compliance with safety protocols on a daily basis.
Move cadavers into coolers and onto dissecting tables; move dissecting tables and other lab equipment.
Other duties as required in the Gross Laboratory lab.
Upon approval of anatomical applications liaise with UBC departments to schedule courses.
Process anatomical requests from multiple postgraduate surgical departments simultaneously including but not limited to the following UBC Departments: Dept. Family Practice, Dept. Surgery, Dept. Plastic Surgery, St Paul’s Hospital Emergency Department, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dept. of Family Practice, Dept. of Radiology, Dept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Dept. of Emergency Medicine.
Process anatomical requests from the following external groups: Clinical Education Department, BC Emergency Health Services, American Association of Implant Dentistry, Pacific Training Institute of Facial Aesthetics.
Allocate and determine the suitability of anatomical material for surgical and educational courses and research projects.
Process applications for anatomical material for surgical courses.
Track and acquire serology samples from donors.
Process anatomical requests for research and education.
Accurate data entry of donors associated with workshops.
Create invoices and track payment for anatomical requests.
Data entry and log record of anatomy swipe cards.
Arrange transportation of anatomical material to and from CESEI, St. Paul’s Hospital, VGH and other locations within BC for surgical courses.
With the help of instructors, responsible for determining and making available specimens for medical, dental and physiotherapy student laboratories sessions and external workshops.
Responsible for all MSDS and compliance to all safety regulations, WHMIS.
Facilitate operation of the Gross Anatomy Lab during teaching sessions.
May be required to assist the AV technicians with minor duties in the lab and lecture theatres.
Order supplies including chemicals, and equipment for the Gross Anatomy teaching labs, and morgue.
Perform minor maintenance in the lab if required.
Other duties in the teaching areas as may be required by the Department.