Full time, Full Time
UVA Health System
Charlottesville, VA, USA
UVA Core Facilities in the School of Medicine is seeking a Preclinical MRI Technologist who will be responsible for carrying out rodent imaging studies for biomedical research using preclinical MRI, PET, SPECT, and CT. Primary job duties include animal and radiotracer handling, operation and maintenance of scanners and other equipment under the core director’s guidance, and routine tasks for imaging lab upkeep. The successful candidate is expected to rigorously follow all guidelines and regulations regarding animal research and radiation safety, and be very organized, detail-orientated, and motivated to learn new skills in a small animal imaging setting. Job responsibilities include: Run imaging experiments for users on the Bruker BioSpin 9.4T MRI scanner, and backup imaging services on a Bruker Albira Si PET/SPECT/CT scanner. Prepare small animals for imaging including but not limited to anesthetization of animals, insertion of tail vein catheter, placement of ECG...