Description
JOB SUMMARY: The Core Research Assistant II executes the day to day flow of the lab under the direction of the Core Manager or Director. Under minimal supervision, set up, conduct experiments, and continue research projects following protocols including the appropriate recording of data and reporting of standard or variant results. Assist in other core laboratory and research functions, which may include utilizing the CORES system to document services provide and ensuring services are appropriately billed.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: - Under minimal supervision, plan, conduct and evaluate experiments and assays of varying complexity.
- Understand and follow experimental protocols.
- Record, compile, and report data.
- Analyze and interpret data.
- Ensure Laboratory is prepared for experiments
- Maintain inventories
- Maintain sterile conditions as required
- Prepare reagents
- Clean equipment
- Under the direction of the Core Manager or Director, execute the day to day flow of the lab.
- Provide training to new staff.
- Assist in day to day problem solving.
- Maintains the instrument/equipment used for services provided by the core.
- Read and follow all equipment manuals.
- Maintain and repair equipment according to manufacturer and University guidelines.
- Provide training to researchers in instrument/equipment operation.
- Troubleshoots instrument/equipment problems.
- May utilize the CORES system for documenting services provided and to ensure services are appropriately billed to clients.
- Accurately compile information for monthly billing.
- Invoices clients for services utilizing CORES.
Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:
Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity — of culture, thinking, learning and leading — is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. Vanderbilt's mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.
VUMC Recent Accomplishments
Because we are committed to providing the best in patient care, education and research, we are proud of our recent accomplishments:
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US News & World Report: #1 Hospital in Tennessee, #1 Health Care Provider in Nashville, #1 Audiology ( Bill Wilkerson Center ), 9 adult and 9 pediatric clinical specialties ranked among the nation's best, #15 Education and Training -
Truven Health Analytics: among the top 100 hospitals in the US
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Becker's Hospital Review: one of the "100 Greatest Hospitals in America"
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The Leapfrog Group: grade "A" in Hospital Safety Score
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National Institutes of Health: among the top 10 grant awardees for medical research in the US
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American Association for the Advancement of Science: 12 faculty members elected fellows in 2014
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Magnet Recognition Program: Vanderbilt nurses are the only group honored in Middle Tennessee
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Nashville Business Journal: Middle Tennessee's healthiest employer
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American Hospital Association: among the 100 "Most Wired" medical systems in the US
