Associate Scientist I - Full Time

About Jefferson

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow#39;s professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educashy;tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelorrsquo;s degree in life sciences or related field required

AND

Experience:

• Industry experience preferred but not required.

Job Summary

The Associate Scientist I ndash; Quality Control works closely with the organization directors to assist in all aspects of research, teaching and training provided by the Jefferson Institute for Bioprocessing (JIB). The role will be responsible for ensuring JIB operates in compliance with its Quality Management System (QMS), maintaining analytical equipment in a state of readiness, and developing and executing analytical and process workflows.

Essential Functions

• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Maintain and update JIBrsquo;s QMS in collaboration with JIBrsquo;s management team and the Director of Quality
• Author, maintain, and implement standard operating procedures for operating JIBrsquo;s facility
• Perform and document cleaning, environmental monitoring, equipment maintenance, material management, and personnel training and qualification activities in compliance with JIBrsquo;s QMS
• Implement and maintain a cGMP Quality system in collaboration with JIBrsquo;s management and the Director of Quality
• Maintain all necessary analytical equipment in a state of operational readiness while implementing appropriate documentation and maintenance activities, in compliance with JIBrsquo;s QMS
• Perform method development and routine testing for a variety of analytical methods
• Design and execute processing studies as needed
• Additional responsibilities as assigned