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Standing or sitting for periods of time; lifting, pushing or pulling of objects up to 25 lbs.

Monday – Friday, Day Shift; 8:00 am – 4:30 pm (40 hrs/wk)

The Markey Cancer Center’s Biospecimen & Translational Pathology Shared Resource Facility (BPTP-SRF) is currently seeking to fill a Research Analyst position to work as part of our biospecimen laboratory team to support clinical research at Markey.

The BPTP-SRF collects, processes, stores and dispenses biological samples from patients at Markey Cancer Center and throughout UK Healthcare. This position interacts with providers and staff across UK Healthcare to ensure timely, high quality services according to established SOPs and CAP biobank guidelines.

This position will routinely utilize clinical and research software platforms to perform job duties, including data entry, and will be responsible for maintaining documentation of specimen collections according to best clinical practices. Will assist in specimen QC, lab and equipment maintenance and documentation. Other duties, as assigned, to ensure full support of BPTP services and supported projects.

This position will have a fully on-site work arrangement.

IMPORTANT: Resumes and CVs cannot be substituted for a completed application. Incomplete applications could disqualify you from being considered for this position. To be considered you must fully complete the online application being sure to only put one (1) job title for each entry (multiple job titles for one employer must have separate entries), the # of hours worked per week and your ending salary. You will also be required to upload a cover letter, resume and your transcript.

To view our exceptional benefits, please visit https://www.uky.edu/hr/benefits.

The University of Kentucky considers the health, safety and well-being of our entire community to be a top priority. In alignment with this priority, all new hires must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or obtain an approved medical or religious exemption as a condition of employment. For areas that fall under the federal CMS mandate, start of employment cannot occur until two weeks after receiving the full COVID-19 vaccination series or upon obtaining an approved exemption. Only vaccines approved by the World Health Organization can be accepted.

General laboratory skills, Good clinical practices (GCP), OnCore, Epic, Excel

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