Full-Time Laboratory Technician
Job Description
Laboratory Technician
Company: Nemours
Location: Wilmington, DE
Date Posted: July 8, 2015
Source: ZipRecruiter
Job Description:
Job #8697. Gait Laboratory Technician. PT, engineering background is helpful. Full Time, Days. Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington. 1600 Rockland Road, Wilmington, DE
19803.
Requirements:
Nemours is seeking a Gait Laboratory Technician to join our Gait Laboratory team in Wilmington, DE. As one of the nations leading pediatric health care systems, Nemours is committed to providing all children with their best chance to grow up healthy. We offer integrated, family-centered care to more than 280,000 children each year in our pediatric hospitals, specialty clinics and primary care practices in Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Nemours strives to ensure a healthier tomorrow for all children even those who may never enter our doors through our world-changing research, education and advocacy efforts. At Nemours, our Associates help us deliver on the promise we make to every family we have the privilege of serving: to treat their child as if they were our own. As the birthplace of the Nemours health care system, the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, honors our legacy of delivering exceptional care to the children of the Delaware Valley and beyond. Ranked among the nations best pediatric hospitals by U.S. News & World Report and honored with the ANCCs Magnet Designation for excellence in nursing practice, we offer intensive and acute inpatient and outpatient services covering more than 30 pediatric specialties. We recently completed a multi-phase hospital expansion that includes new inpatient rooms, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Emergency Department. Additionally, Nemours duPont Pediatrics allows us to reach more children across the region through community-based physician services and collaborative partnerships with health and hospital systems. This position is responsible for collecting, processing and storing clinical motion analysis data; setting up and calibrating motion analysis equipment; and assisting with the coordination of field-based research subjects, data and equipment. Essential Functions.
1. Collection of kinematic, kinetic, video, EMG, force-plate, foot pressure and oxygen consumption data for clinical and research analysis.
2. Processing of kinematic, kinetic, video, EMG, force-plate, foot pressure and oxygen consumption data for clinical and research analysis.
3. Initialization, set-up and calibration of motion analysis, EMG, foot pressure and metabolic hardware and software systems.
4. Data management, including data storage and organization, for clinical and research projects.
5. Assisting with the collection and processing of research data and writing and presenting of subsequent publications.
6. Coordinating and communicating with research subjects, and managing field-based test equipment and data collection. Requirements.
1. Working knowledge of Windows and Macintosh operating systems.
2. Troubleshooting skills of computer platforms (PC, Macintosh), all software programs and all lab instrumentation.
3. Experience with the motion analysis equipment, including high-speed video-based motion analysis system, force-plates, electromyography, foot pressure analysis systems and oxygen analysis system.
4. Communication skills with patients, research subjects and their families.
5. Attention to detail and organization .
6. PT, engineering background is helpful. Our dedication to professionals who are dedicated to children frequently earns Nemours a spot on the list of top workplaces in the communities we serve. Our Associates enjoy comprehensive benefits, including our unique Bridge to a Healthy Future pediatric health plan, an integrated wellness program, opportunities for professional growth, and much more. As an equal opportunity employer, Nemours is committed to focusing on the best-qualified applicants for our openings.
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Laboratory Technician
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