Full Specialist - UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Full Specialist - UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

The Incumbent will be responsible for our immunocompromised animal room, monitoring health checks and ensuring SFP-room status. The Incumbent will be executing preclinical experimental techniques, (i.e. xenograft tumor development, tumor monitor, drug treatments); collection of biosamples, (i.e. tissues, body fluids); and small animal surgeries, (i.e. PDX implantation and passaging). The Incumbent will also be preparing formulation of drugs and vehicle for in vivo delivery and propagating cells (freezing and thawing) for in vivo inoculation. The Incumbent will be communicating timely and effectively with LARC staff and collaborators to ensure animal welfare and scheduling procedures respectively.

Required Qualifications:

• Full Specialist - terminal degree (or equivalent degree) or ten or more years of experience in in vivo preclinical studies and molecular oncology techniques.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Our core heavily relies on teamwork: we are looking for a candidate with a highly collaborative attitude and used to working with multidisciplinary teams and different PIs.
• Dedication to animal work as well as job accuracy and efficiency are also required.
• Ability to work independently, trouble shooting and problem-solving is a plus.

See Table 24B for the salary range for this position. A reasonable estimate for this position is $90,000 - $188,200.

Please apply online at https://aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05572.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.

* "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.

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* UC Anti-Discrimination Policy: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination

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