Research Bio Lab Tech

Full Job Description

Please note: There is no pay associated with this position. This position serves as Without Compensation Research Biological Science Lab Technician within the Office of Research and Development (ORD).

The VA Research Program strives to promote Veteran-centered care to improve patient experiences and outcomes across VA healthcare and community settings, and to advance value-driven care by providing Veterans the highest quality care at the lowest financial burden.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/05/2026.

Experience: You must possess general experience in work with human cell cultures and/or organoids to test novel therapies for anti-cancer properties.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week.

Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities.

Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: The work is predominantly sedentary. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work.

However, there will be some walking, standing, bending and carrying of items of moderate weight such as large binders, banker style file boxes, meeting materials, papers, books or small parts.

Hand and eye coordination for delicate testing procedures may be the only special physical demand required to perform the work. Major Duties:

Major Duties: Works with human cell cultures and/or organoids to test novel therapies for anti-cancer properties.

Uses elaborate and complex instruments to perform delicate and exacting steps to obtain diagnostic, surveillance, experimental, and reference samples. Performs common and advanced laboratory assays.

Performs advanced laboratory assays including but not limited to drug synthesis, characterization, cell viability, western-blot analyses and quantitative polymerase chain reaction.

Maintains laboratory databases including recording procedural steps and test results. Maintains laboratory facilities, equipment, and supplies. Work Schedule: Full-time (Without Compensation)