Posting Information
Department
Biomedical Engineering - 424601
Career Area
Laboratory Management and Services
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Posting Open Date
06/15/2023
Application Deadline
06/21/2023
Position Type
Temporary Staff (SHRA)
Position Title
Laboratory Assistant
Position Number
20056897
Vacancy ID
S021691
Full-time/Part-time
Full-Time Temporary
Hours per week
Work Schedule
Monday – Friday, 8:30am – 5:00pm
Position Location
Hiring Range
Dependent on Experience or Dependent on Qualifications.
Proposed Start Date
06/23/2023
Estimated Duration of Appointment
2 months or less
Position Information
Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit
The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.
Position Summary
A Temporary position is available supporting research in ultrasound imaging techniques. The position will include collaboration with graduate research assistants and working with them to conduct research in the area of transcranial ultrasound propagation, functional ultrasound imaging, simulations of wave propagation, water tank measurements and phantom fabrication.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
This position will involve working with a team as well as preparing papers, reports, and contributing to grants, and thus excellent writing and communication skills are required.
Essential research skills will include prior experience with ultrasound systems and acoustics, clinical or preclinical ultrasound imaging, and computer programming.
Essential research skills will include prior experience with ultrasound systems and acoustics, clinical or preclinical ultrasound imaging, and computer programming.
Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Demonstrated possession of competencies necessary to perform the work.
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Experience in wave propagation and ultrasound imaging is preferred.
Special Physical/Mental Requirements
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities
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