Research Laboratory Technician

University of Miami; United States; On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Miami/UHealth department invites applications for a Full Time Research Laboratory Technician on the UHealth Medical Campus. The technician assists scientists by monitoring and recording findings and ensures lab safety and compliance.

Responsibilities include cleaning, maintaining equipment, data recording, preparing reports, assisting in manuscript and grant writing, and supporting experiments under supervision.

Qualifications

• Learning new procedures, technologies, and protocols and adapting to changing priorities.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Proficiency with office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Strong written and verbal communication with colleagues and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Cleans, sanitizes, maintains, and operates laboratory equipment.
• Keeps records of research data and assists in analyzing it.
• Maintains inventory of equipment and supplies and places orders as needed.
• Proofreads and assists in writing manuscripts, grant proposals, and lab protocols.
• Prepares reports of experiment results.
• Performs research by completing simple experiments or steps in more complex studies.
• Adheres to university and unit policies and safeguards assets.

Skills

Learning Agility

Teamwork

Technical Proficiency

Communication

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Research Laboratory Technician

The University of Miami/UHealth department of Research Laboratory Technician has an exciting opportunity for a Full Time Research Laboratory Technician to work at the UHealth Medical Campus.

The Research Laboratory Technician aids scientists in their experiments by monitoring and recording their findings. Moreover, the Research Laboratory Technician ensures laboratory compliance with applicable safety regulations.

• Cleans, sanitizes, maintains, and operates laboratory equipment.
• Keeps records of research data and assists in analyzing it.
• Maintains inventory of laboratory equipment and supplies and places orders in a timely fashion.
• Proofreads and assists in the writing of manuscripts, grant proposals, and lab protocols.
• Prepares reports of experiment results.
• Performs research by completing simple experiments or steps in more complicated studies.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

Core Qualifications

High School diploma or equivalent required. Minimum 1 year of relevant experience required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

Any relevant education, certifications and/or work experience may be considered.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.

Job Status: Full time Employee Type: Staff

The mission of the University of Miami is to transform lives through education, research, innovation, and service. A vibrant and diverse academic and healthcare community, the University of Miami and the University of Miami Health System ("UHealth") have rapidly progressed to become one of the nation’s top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation. The University comprises 12 schools and colleges serving undergraduate and graduate students in more than 350 majors and programs. Visit welcome.miami.edu/about-um to learn more about our points of pride. The University ranks No. 55 on U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges list and ranked No. 49 in the 2022 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings. Bascom Palmer Eye Institute is ranked the #1 eye hospital in the USA and offers some of the nation's premiere eye doctors to treat every eye condition for adults. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer, part of the Miller School of Medicine, received the prestigious National Cancer Institute designation in 2019. The University of Miami and UHealth have also ranked among the Forbes Best Employers and Best Employers for Women on several occasions, most recently in 2022. With more than 17,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law.