Scientist -OPTHALMOLOGY

## Basic Scientist 1-OPTHALMOLOGYApply:
Nashville, TN:
Full time:
Posted Today:
R-69714
** Discover Vanderbilt Health**:
With eight hospitals and over 180 clinics, we are the region’s largest comprehensive academic health system. Vanderbilt Health has a long tradition of providing world-class care to the people of the Mid-South, living out our mission of moving medicine forward through preeminent programs in patient care, education and research. Here you’ll find a spirit of collaboration and a supportive community where your expertise is valued, your knowledge expanded and your uniqueness celebrated.

We are committed to fostering an environment where talented, compassionate people are united in bringing the most advanced care to our neighbors throughout the region.
** Organization:
** Vanderbilt Eye Institute
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* Job Summary:

** JOB SUMMARY  Basic scientists focus on high-level scientific research and development, investigative experiments, data analysis, and formal data presentation. This position may include the expectation of necessary skills to manage the day-to-day operations of the laboratory and its personnel..

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Perform laboratory experiments and produce competent and reproducible results to a high technical standard
• Devise research methods, prepare technical specifications, and specify laboratory test equipment and processes
• Analyze data, and interpret and present results with minimal faculty supervision
• Design experiments and implement and standardize new processes and procedures based on expert knowledge of literature and subject matter
• Maintain detailed documentation and write formal scientific reports suitable for publication
• Prepare and/or maintain samples and specimens
• Manage laboratory personnel
• Maintain and operate standard laboratory equipment, including centrifuges, pipetting machines, spectrometers, ELISA readers, as well as specialized equipment necessary to support the laboratory
• Perform mathematical calculations and generate relevant statistics to support scientific output
• Prepare materials suitable for institutional review of formal protocols and operating procedures with minimal faculty supervision TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES
** Our Academic Enterprise
** is one of the nation’s longest serving and most prestigious academic medical centers. Through its historic bond with Vanderbilt University and integral role in the School of Medicine, Vanderbilt Health cultivates distinguished research and educational programs to advance a clinical enterprise that provides compassionate and personalized care and support for millions of patients and family members each year.

World-leading academic departments and comprehensive centers of excellence pursue scientific discoveries and transformational educational and clinical advances across the entire spectrum of health and disease.

Aligning with Vanderbilt Health’s Strategic Directions, the Office of Research provides shared research resources, administrative expertise and professional guidance to enable the trans-disciplinary environment and highly collaborative culture that advances discovery and training for all the research faculty, trainees, students and staff.
** Core Accountabilities:
** Organizational Impact:
Delivers job responsibilities that impact own job area/team with some guidance. Problem Solving/ Complexity of work:
Uses existing procedures, research and analysis to solve standard job related problems that may require some judgement. Breadth of Knowledge:
Requires subject matter knowledge within a professional area to meet job requirements. Team Interaction:
Individually contributes to project/ work teams.
** Core Capabilities :
** Supporting Colleagues:

- Develops Self and Others:
Continuously improves…