Flow Cytometry Operator

3 weeks ago


Toronto, Canada SickKids Full time

**About SickKids**:
Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built - nor could it be maintained - without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.

When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of _Healthier Children. A Better World_.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world’s best in paediatric healthcare.

**Position Description**:
We are currently recruiting for a Flow Cytometry Operator to join our team. Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding position where you can utilize your unique skill set that is directly related to the instruments and analysis of flow cytometry? If you want to work for an organization that prides itself on creating a thriving career for employees, then this opportunity is for you As a leading employer we recognize that our employees are our greatest strength as they form our vision, carry out our mission and represent our values.

The Flow Cytometry Operator will work in a major flow cytometry research core facility at the Hospital For Sick Children’s Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning (PGCRL) serving Toronto’s Biomedical Research community in Toronto’s renowned “Discovery District”, two square kilometers in the heart of downtown that have been designated as the city’s centre of innovation.

**Here's What You'll Get To Do**

Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will perform high-speed sorting of cell populations on behalf of biomedical researchers on instruments such as the BD Symphony S6 or FACSAria III, in a containment level II laboratory. You will also help maintain several analytical flow cytometers, including the BD Symphony A3. You will be responsible for daily instrument calibration, fluidics and electronics checks and cross-beam fluorescence compensation. You will also help train graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and research technologists to operate the analytical instruments.

Additional responsibilities include: fostering relationships with clients; instrument troubleshooting; helping maintain safe practices within the facility; assessing new and alternative cytometry techniques; and ensuring data is sufficiently backed up.

**Here’s What You’ll Need**
- Experience operating a FACSAria or other cell sorter is also preferred, but not required.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and a demanding schedule.
- Ability to work within a busy core facility with tight deadlines.
- Superior interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and problem solving skills.
- Exceptional customer service skills.
- Strong team player with the ability to work independently and with mínimal supervision.

**Employment Type**

Permanent Full-time, 1.0 FTE

**Our Commitment to Diversity**:
The children and families we care for are from a variety of communities, and so are our employees. We welcome and encourage everyone to join our organization and be part of our team.

Thank you for your interest in joining SickKids. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with our Hospital policy, employment at SickKids is conditional upon the Hospital’s receipt of all necessary documentation.

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