Employment Type: Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)

Vacancy ID: NF0009451

Salary Range: Dependent on Experience and Qualifications

Position Summary/Description:

• Design, execute, and troubleshoot complex experiments focused on genetic tests of human tissue/liquid specimens.
• Data analysis, documentation of clinicogenomic findings.
• Lab management (laboratory safety, human subject protections, biobanking with specimen tracking, ordering supplies and maintaining inventory, budget).
• Maintain equipment as a core Departmental resource.
• Progress reports and presentations.
• Educate and instruct trainees (e.g. residents, clinical fellows) and staff (e.g. bench researchers, medical lab scientists) on benchwork techniques and data analysis pipelines for clinical-grade lab tests.
• Manage and supervise learners of gene technologies and their medical applications.

Education and Experience:

• Demonstrated competency in leadership and management skills.
• At least 5 years of experience in design/implementation of nucleic acid experiments, ideally for clinical trial support.
• Certifications in molecular technologies or CLIA (clinical-grade) lab experience.
• Standard operating procedure' design experience including quality assurance strategies.
• Hands on benchwork for quantitative PCR, droplet digital PCR, next gen sequencing of DNA and RNA.
• Understand factors influencing assay performance.
• Understand principles of bioinformatics and facile with software supporting genomic data analysis (databases, data analysis pipelines, and EPIC/Beaker medical records).
• Familiar with regulations for research on human subjects.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, and communicate clearly, openly and respectfully.

Essential Skills:

• Knowledge of biochemical properties of nucleic acid.
• Hands-on experience in molecular technologies (PCR, genomic sequencing).
• Working knowledge of genomic assay design and analytic validation.
• Knowledge of 'Good Laboratory Practices' or clinical-grade laboratory standards, as well as BSL2 lab safety principles and procedures. 
• Experience handling human specimens (e.g. blood, fresh or fixed tissue).

AA/EEO Statement:

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