Mentored Scientist

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Job description

Company Overview:
You can make a difference in a child's life. Shriners Hospital is the largest provider of pediatric sub-specialty orthopedic and burn care in Northern California and is recognized by US News and World Report as a top pediatric hospital in the country.

Shriners Children's Hospital is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

SHCNC offers a competitive salary and benefit package, including medical, dental, vision, disability, retirement, health savings account (HSA), pet insurance, paid time off, continuing education and professional development opportunities. Other considerations include free parking, team-approached interdisciplinary care, friendly environment and the satisfaction that our patients are receiving the best care available.

Job Overview:
This position collaborates and works in an established laboratory that focuses on tissue repair and stem cell response to injury. This is a component of a university-wide program that focuses on different aspects of tissue repair.

The pay range for this position is $33.29-$49.94/hourly. Compensation is determined based on relevent experience and equity.

Responsibilities:
In collaboration with the PI, assist in designing experiments, which will answer questions at a physiological,
cellular, and molecular level concerning how tissues respond to injury and determine the regulators of tissue repair.

Assist in the development of experimental protocols and techniques to help answer questions related to the activation of stem cell niches and subsequent control of tissue repair.

Develop appropriate hypotheses and methodologies for the research undertaken.

Assist in program development of a laboratory that will focus on tissue repair and response to injury, potentially leading to becoming part of a University-wide program focusing on stem cell response leading to tissue repair in skin, nerve and bone.

Assist in hiring appropriate personnel as directed.

Assist in setting up collaborations within the University and other institutions to assist with programmatic
development of a tissue repair consortium.

Assist with the management of day-to-day running of the laboratory, including budget review and personnel issues.

Provide supervision to SRAs, who will be primarily responsible for ordering and maintaining supplies.

Assist with the education and supervision of surgical residents and other laboratory personnel.

Develop skills to obtain third-party funding for research initiatives (i.e. NIH).

Assist with data management and development of data for presentation and publication.

Assist all users in image core and histological core, including training (both hardware and software) and trouble shooting.

Provide the regular maintenance and keep service contracts updates for the instruments in image and histological cores

This is not an all-inclusive list of this job's responsibilities. The incumbent may be required to perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:
Minimum:

Doctorate Degree is related field

COVID-19 vaccination and booster

Preferred:

1+ years experience in a hospital setting

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