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Requisition ID:  116609

Laboratory Technician

We are seeking a Laboratory Technician to assist with small-animal proton irradiation experiments, daily animal care, cell culture and maintenance of lab equipment. We also anticipate there will be opportunities for bench research techniques and assays.

Main position location is Sibley Memorial Hospital Proton Center Laboratory, but occasional travel to East Baltimore campus is expected.


Specific Duties & Responsibilities

  • Conduct all small-animal laboratory activities in compliance with our Animal Care and Use Committee-approved protocols and safety protocols.
  • Humanely caring for rodents including receiving, feeding, daily care, and post-operative or post-treatment monitoring.
  • Assisting with experimental preparation and protocols including anesthetizing animals, establish subcutaneous xenograft and allograft tumors in mice, injecting medications, obtaining blood samples, u other related protocols. Harvesting and processing tissues at experimental end points.
  • Operating and maintaining lab equipment and instruments such as centrifuges, incubators, anesthesia machine, microscopes and balances.
  • Perform routine instrument maintenance as well as troubleshooting; serve as point-of-contact with service engineers.
  • Preparing laboratory reagents necessary for tissue processing and cell culture.
  • Routine laboratory housekeeping tasks including dishwashing, maintaining lab area, properly disposing of chemical wastes, computer maintenance and data backup, and other duties as required.
  • Ordering/restocking laboratory supplies.
  • Teaching techniques related to experimental protocol and basic laboratory procedures to other technicians, research fellows, residents and students.
  • Performing data entry and ensuring complete and accurate database entry.
  • Communicating with and assisting Principal Investigator in reviewing and managing study data.
  • Attending lab meetings and planning sessions and giving oral updates on work.
  • Generate graphs and figures for contribution to manuscripts for publication as well as grant applications.
  • Attending courses in safety procedures for handling, storage and disposal of biohazardous, radioactive, flammable, corrosive and toxic materials.
  • Role will likely include some basic science techniques including immunohistochemistry of tissue.
  • Performing other duties as assigned.


Minimum Qualifications
  • High School Diploma or graduation equivalent with some science coursework.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Some related post-undergraduate work experience.
  • Certificate from a technical institute or internship experience.
  • Radiobiology experiments experience.
  • Previous experience with small-animal research.

 

 

Classified Title: Laboratory Technician 
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CB  
Starting Salary Range: $15.40 - $23.25 HRLY ($45,000 targeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: M-F, 8:30am - 5:00pm 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: District of Columbia 
Department name: ​​​​​​​SOM Rad Onc Physics  
Personnel area: School of Medicine 

 

 

Total Rewards
The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.

Education and Experience Equivalency
Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

Applicants Completing Studies
Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

Background Checks
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.

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Vaccine Requirements
Johns Hopkins University strongly encourages, but no longer requires, at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccine does not apply to positions located in the State of Florida. We still require all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the COVID and flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry. This change does not apply to the School of Medicine (SOM). SOM hires must be fully vaccinated with an FDA COVID-19 vaccination and provide proof of vaccination status. For additional information, applicants for SOM positions should visit https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/ and all other JHU applicants should visit https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/health-safety/covid-vaccination-information/.

The following additional provisions may apply, depending upon campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
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