Technician (Laboratory Biobank)

1 month ago

Toronto, Canada Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute Full time

**Reference Number**:000001857
**Posted Date**:8/10/2023
**Closing Date**:8/31/2023

**Department**:LTRI - Research Centre for Women’s and Infants’ Health
**Position**:Technician (Laboratory Biobank)

**POSITION TITLE**
- Technician (Laboratory Biobank)**DEPARTMENT**
- LTRI
- Research Centre for Women’s and Infants’ Health

**EMPLOYMENT TYPE**
- Temporary, Part-Time**HOURS OF WORK**
- 7.5 to 22.5 hours per week**EMPLOYEE GROUP**
- Non-Union**REPORTS TO**
- Manager of RCWIH Biobank**ORGANIZATION OR DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION**:
The Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, a University of Toronto affiliated research centre, is one of the world's leading centres in biomedical research. With ground-breaking discoveries in research areas such as diabetes, genetic disorders, cancer and women’s and infants’ health, the Institute is committed to excellence in health research and the training of young investigators. Strong partnerships with the clinical programs of Mount Sinai Hospital ensure that scientific knowledge is used to promote human health. Your significant contributions will assist in maintaining our momentum in advancing our research.

**POSITION OVERVIEW**:
The Research Centre for Women's and Infants' Health (RCWIH) Biobank is a cost-recovery biorepository developed by, and for, researchers. It was established in 2006 to support perinatal research programs by providing access to normal and pathological tissue specimens and associated clinical data. Located in the heart of the Discovery District in downtown Toronto, the RCWIH Biobank is a program of the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute and the Mount Sinai Hospital/University Health Network Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology with facilities located in the Frances Bloomberg Centre for Women’s and Infants’ Health.

**REQUIRED LABORATORY TECHNICAL SKILLS**:

- Experience working with tissue / blood and primary tissue culture
- Tissue dissociation and isolation of single cell populations through marker-based population separation
- Experience with RNA extractions / RNA work

**DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Collect and process placentas in accordance with the RCWIH Biobank Research Ethics Board approved Standard Operating Procedures
- Participant recruitment involving screening of prospective participant charts and electronic medical records, provision of written informed consent, and participant monitoring and tracking from consent to delivery
- Record relevant participant information and clinical data accurately and promptly into the computer database and/or on paper forms as required.
- Consult and inform clinical care staff of anticipated sample collections and ensure collegial interactions
- Ensure consent forms are properly completed and securely stored in files and electronically in a secure database
- Monitor and maintain Biobank equipment and materials used for sample processing and storage (including liquid nitrogen and dry ice)
- Archive fixed and frozen specimens according to Biobank Standard Operating Procedures
- Miscellaneous tasks related to sample collection, processing, and archiving, as required and outlined by the Biobank Manager/Research Coordinator
- Follow Standard Operating Procedures as written as a day-to-day responsibility

**EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS**:
**Qualifications**: Bachelor’s Degree and 6 months to 1 year of related experience

**Discipline(s)**:Health Sciences, Medical Sciences, Life Sciences, or Physiology

**Required skills**:

- Research/laboratory experience and technical laboratory skills
- Communication skills (verbal and written)
- Strong organizational skills
- Detail-oriented
- Self-motivated and able to work independently to complete the collective goals of the team
- Good judgment and decision making
- Basic computer skills with Microsoft Word, Excel and Access (data collection and entry)
- Comfortable working with human tissues and basic surgical instruments
- Flexibility in hours worked (the days required to work each week will vary depending on the delivery schedule)

**Additional assets**:

- Familiarity with and/or interest in obstetrics (preferred)
- Previous work experience in a healthcare and/or clinical setting
- Previous experience interacting with study participants/patients

**Additional information/Special instructions**:

- To ensure the safety and wellbeing of all our people and patients, Sinai Health has made it a priority to support everyone in getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Consistent with this, our Staff Immunization & Surveillance Policy was recently updated to include the requirement for full vaccination - currently defined as receiving two doses and serving a 14-day waiting period following the second dose - in order to be able to work at Sinai Health. To be compliant with our updated Policy, you must provide proof of dual COVID-19 vaccination, as indicated on the Prospective Immunization and Surveillance Policy Information

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