Job Description

We are seeking a Laboratory Technician to assist with large-animal resuscitation experiments, daily animal care, and maintenance of lab equipment. We anticipate there may be opportunities for bench research techniques and assays in the future.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• The technician will conduct all swine laboratory activities in compliance with our Animal Care and Use Committee-approved protocols and safety protocols. 

• Humanely caring for pigs including receiving, feeding, daily care, and post-operative monitoring.
• Assisting with experimental preparation and protocols including anesthetizing pigs, performing surgeries such as arterial and venous access, injecting medications, obtaining blood samples, performing cardiac arrest and resuscitation protocols.
• Sacrificing animals and processing tissues at experimental end points.
• Maintaining lab equipment.
• Maintaining lab area and cleaning labware.
• Ordering/restocking laboratory supplies.
• Teaching surgical 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.
• Preparing laboratory reagents necessary for tissue processing.
• Attending monthly lab meetings and giving oral updates on work.
• Attending courses in safety procedures for handling, storage and disposal of biohazardous, radioactive, flammable, corrosive and toxic materials.
• In the future, role will likely include some basic science techniques including ELISA assay and immunohistochemistry of tissue.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor?s Degree in Biology, Chemistry or related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Some related post-undergraduate work experience preferred
• Certificate from a technical institute or internship experience preferred.
• Some experience working with large animal models is preferred.
• Experience with ELISA and/or immunohistochemistry is helpful.

Classified Title: Laboratory Technician 
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/02/CB  
Starting Salary Range: $15.40 - $23.25 HRLY ($20,000 targeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Casual / On Call 
Schedule: Mon-Fri with possible weekend/evening hours depending on availability 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: School of Medicine Campus 
Department name: ???????SOM Ane PICU 
Personnel area: School of Medicine 

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal ... timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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Work experience placement, Casual work, Weekend work, Afternoon shift,

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