Core Laboratory Manager

1 month ago

Kalamazoo, United States WMU Homer Stryker, M.D. School of Medicine Full time
Overview

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is seeking a Core Laboratory Manager within the Investigative Medicine Department. The Core Laboratory Manager is responsible for managing daily operations within the research core laboratories.

Responsibilities
  • Manages organization, develops standard operating protocols, and manages overall function for select core laboratories.
  • Manages and maintains equipment within select core laboratories.
  • Provides instruction in core equipment use to new users.
  • Maintains select core laboratory inventory and work space
  • Manages routine maintenance procedures and emergency repair situations
  • Acquires knowledge for new technology and policy/procedure revisions
  • Availability to work on weekends and evenings to complete time sensitive projects.
  • Assist new PIs with lab start-up including arranging moving and shipment of items.
  • Develop lab safety standards and safety training, including videos, for WMed investigators
  • Develop chemical safety standards and chemical safety training, including videos, for WMed investigators
  • Develop lab/chemical safety protocols for departmental labs
  • Develop lab safety monitoring/continuous improvement program for departmental labs that includes corrective actions
  • Manage negotiations and contracts for use of core facilities by Innovation Center and other outside interests.
  • Establishes and ensures efficient arrangement and use of laboratory space on the 5th floor.
  • Assist in faculty and staff recruitment.
  • Onboard new 5th floor employees.
  • Develop external user contacts for the core labs.
  • Administer the Smartvue Pro System (cold unit monitoring) for all 5th floor laboratories.
  • All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Biological Sciences, Bioinformatics, or related field required.
  • Master's in Biological Sciences, Bioinformatics, or related field preferred.
  • Able to perform duties independently and as a team member

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

  • Assists Principal Investigators with grant preparation and reporting of results. In particular, ability to assist in analysis of Next Generation Sequencing data is desired.
  • Demonstrates the ability to recognize priorities in organization of work flow.
  • Able to perform duties independently, with a minimal need for direct supervision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

  • The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.The employee regularly works in a clean, well-lighted, temperature controlled, and smoke-free environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Minimal risk of exposure to noxious substances and infectious agents.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

  • The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
  • The employee must be able to perform a combination of sitting, standing and walking. Must have the ability to hear within normal range and possess the physical capability and hand dexterity to operate basic office equipment. Occasionally lifts average of 30 pounds.

About Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed)

We are committed to excellence and health equity through transformative medical education, high-quality, patient- and family-entered care, innovative research, and community partnerships within a just culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Our vision is health equity for all in Southwest Michigan through innovation in the practice and study of medicine.

The medical school is a collaboration of Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo's two teaching health systems, Ascension Borgess and Bronson Healthcare. The medical school is a private nonprofit corporation supported by private gifts, clinical revenues, research activities, tuition, and endowment income. WMed is the recipient of a $100 million foundational gift and the Empowering Futures Gift, a philanthropic commitment of $300 million to support the mission of the medical school. WMed contributes to the economic vitality of Southwest Michigan through the services we provide as well as the creation of 1,600 new jobs and an annual estimated economic impact of $353 million in Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties.

WMed is fully accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the Higher Learning Commission. The medical school offers a comprehensive, innovative four-year Doctor of Medicine degree program and a Master of Science degree program in Biomedical Sciences. We train physicians in 10 residencies and five fellowships accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. To support our educational mission, we have Joint Accreditation for interprofessional continuing education, which incorporates accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

WMed Health is the clinical practice of the medical school with more than 300 providers offering comprehensive primary care and specialty services in several locations throughout the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek areas. Faculty in the Department of Pathology serve as the Office of the Medical Examiner for counties throughout Michigan and northern Indiana.

The W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus located in downtown Kalamazoo serves as the primary educational facility with student study and social spaces, team-based learning halls, faculty and administrative offices, a state-of-the-art Simulation Center accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, basic science research labs, as well as toxicology and forensic pathology labs.

WMed builds upon Kalamazoo’s century-long foundation of drug discovery and medical device development with a strategic investment in clinical, laboratory, community, and educational research. The Center for Immunobiology, Center for Clinical Research, Research Histology Lab, Innovation Center, and Human Research Protection Program contribute to the medical school’s advancement of knowledge through innovation and discovery. 

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer of females, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans, and actively strives to increase diversity within its community. We provide a drug- and tobacco-free workplace. 

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