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Flow Cytometry Operator
Employment Type: Permanent Full-time
Hours of Work: 35 hours per week
Department: Flow Cytometry Facility, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Available: September 2012
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Deadline: July 22, 2012
Description of Position:
We require an experienced Flow Cytometrist to work in a major research core facility located in the Toronto Medical Discovery Tower (TMDT) and serving approximately 100 basic and clinical science research labs from the downtown Toronto Biomedical Research community.
The TMDT houses over 100 basic and translational biomedical research laboratories affiliated with the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and University Health Network (UHN) 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. Adjacent to the TMDT academic research labs the MaRS “Incubator” is home to companies representing a diversity of industries including information technology, life sciences, biotechnology and medical devices.
Reporting to a Senior Scientist at SickKids, you will help maintain and operate several analytical flow cytometers and cell sorters, including the BD LSR and BD FACSAria, in a containment level II laboratory. You will also help 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.
You will be responsible for daily instrument calibration, fluidics and electronics checks and cross-beam fluorescence compensation. After the instruments have been appropriately aligned, calibrated and compensated, you will perform high-speed sorting of rare cell populations for clients.
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.
Qualifications:
To be considered for this position, the candidates must have:
- 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 BD FACSAria or other cell sorter is also 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.
How to Apply:
Interested applicants must submit a resume and completed Application for Employment form via email to ex.research@sickkids.ca quoting file number DSCB1204-MH in the subject line of your e-mail. SickKids Application for Employment Form can be found on the SickKids website (www.sickkids.ca). Only applications submitted through ex.research@sickkids.ca will be considered. Please note that resumes must be sent in PDF or Word format only. General inquiries sent to this e-mail address will not be answered.
SickKids is strongly committed to diversity within its community and welcomes application from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, members of sexual minority groups, persons with disabilities and others who may contribute diversity within our organization. SickKids is also committed to providing accommodations to persons with disabilities in our recruitment process. Accommodations are available upon request to all applicants, including applicants who are selected to participate in an interview, assessment or selection process. If you require any accommodations to fully and fairly participate in the recruitment process, we will endeavor to provide a suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant's accessibility needs.
We thank you in advance for your interest. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with our Hospital policy, employment at SickKids would be conditional upon you providing the Hospital with satisfactory documentation of tuberculosis testing and your immunization status.
