Job Abstract

The Department of Cell Biology, at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, is seeking a Lab and Research Technician 2 to work in Dr. Elias Spiliotis's laboratory (spiliotislab.org). Lab and Research Technician 2 employees provide increasingly complex technical support for projects and may engage in increasingly complex scientific experiments. They may handle more sophisticated administrative and logistical tasks. Lab and Research Technician 2 employees operate under supervision with a degree of independence when following set protocols and procedures.

Job duties may include:?

• Perform similar duties to the Technician 1, such as performing analyses, participating in research or clinical work involving treatment operations and experiments with animals to include care and feeding, cage cleaning and sanitization, and observation during post-operative or treatment periods, and maintaining equipment and apparatuses.

• Coordinate and participate in a variety of routine technical duties by providing assistance to clinical and research staff in testing, determinations, and experiments.

• Assist in evaluating research methods, procedures, and techniques, based on established objectives.

• Provide basic assistance to researchers in manipulating, computing, and analyzing data using specialized statistical computer software.

• May perform certain surgical procedures on small lab animals.

• Assist with training other staff members on procedures; may supervise students or volunteers.

• Assist Principal Investigators and senior staff in developing new strategies and techniques for experimentation.

• Technician 2 employees in Social Sciences and Humanities will provide routine, technical, and administrative support to research projects.

• May contact and coordinate schedules with study subjects, handle information intake, and record and track results.

• In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

Minimum Requirements

Education: Associate's degree

Experience: At least 2 years of lab experience which may include student experience.  Bachelor's degree in related science will be considered in lieu of experience.

Physical Demands

This position can spend extensive periods of time standing and squatting while conducting experiments or caring for animals. Also requires keyboarding and other bench work and animal procedures requiring finer finger manipulation.  

Application Instructions: Apply Now. Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile, search Find Jobs and then R0061220. Complete an application online and include the following documents:

• A CV/resume

• A cover letter is optional but strongly encourages

All documents can be loaded into the resume submission field, multiple documents can be submitted into this one field. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

This position cannot offer sponsorship.

This is a restricted position; continuation is dependent on funding and satisfactory performance. The position will remain open until filled.

For questions about the application process, please contact Margaret Weeks, Academic Recruiter. Before a formal offer of employment is extended, the selected candidate will undergo a background check per university policy.

The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician’s Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff.  We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences.  We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.