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. This position will work in the new Research Institute, 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. This position will report into the Operations Manager.
Here’s What You’ll Get To Do
- Perform high-speed sorting of cell populations for clients on instruments such as the FACSAria III, MoFlo-XDP/Astrios, or InFlux, in a containment level II laboratory.
- Help maintain several analytical flow cytometers, including the LSR II and Canto II.
- Responsible for daily instrument calibration, fluidics and electronics checks and cross-beam fluorescence compensation.
- Train graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and research technologists to operate the analytical instruments and to analyze their data off-line using FlowJo and other custom software packages.
- Foster relationships with clients.
- Instrument troubleshooting.
- Help maintain safe practices within the facility.
- Assess new and alternative cytometry techniques.
- Ensure data is sufficiently backed up.
Here’s What You’ll Need
- MSc or a BSc with at least 3 years experience with a variety of flow cytometry applications, preferably on newer digital analytical flow cytometers, and with flow cytometric software such as CellQuest, Diva and FlowJo.
- Experience operating a FACSAria or other cell sorter is preferred.
- 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 minimal supervision.
Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Deadline To Apply: June 9, 2014
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Our Commitment to Diversity
SickKids is strongly committed to diversity within its community and welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups and others who may contribute to diversity within our organization.
SickKids is also committed to providing services in both official languages and our preference is to hire employees who are fluent in both English and French whenever possible.
