Research Assistant

Applicants should have/be (i) a Bachelor's degree in related disciplines; (ii) good written and oral communication skills; (iii) the ability to work independently and collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team; (iv) responsible, mature and attentive to details; (v) an effective and forward-looking work attitude; and (vi) personal integrity, sincerity and good team spirit at work. Fresh undergraduate candidates are welcome to apply. Those without a Bachelor's degree or relevant working experience will be considered for appointment as a Junior Research Assistant.

The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, working with more than 200 ophthalmologists and visual scientists in Hong Kong and Chinese Mainland, is committed to advancing patient service, research, and training and education to the highest quality in all major areas of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. We are also dedicated to worthwhile community programmes and public education projects. The Department, always "in search of excellence", is looking for candidates to take up positions in our clinical and research (academic, community and translational) programmes involving ophthalmic investigations, public education, out-reach, and ophthalmic studies on disease entities including, ocular surface diseases, refractive surgeries, ocular cancers, dry eye disease, thyroid eye diseases, glaucoma, children eye diseases, autoimmune diseases and retina diseases. We are highly committed to supporting the career development of all staff members.

Duties include (a) providing technical support in training courses and self-practice sessions; (b) purchasing and preparing training materials, including artificial eyes and animal eyes, for training courses and self-practice sessions; (c) liaising with equipment manufacturers for troubleshooting equipment and system problems; (d) ensuring user compliance with laboratory policies, procedures, and safety precautions during training courses and self-practice sessions; (e) operating, monitoring and managing the simulation centre's medical equipment and instruments and reporting malfunctions; (f) maintaining an accurate inventory of training materials; and (g) assisting in other ad hoc duties related to OMTC/training events as necessary.

The appointee(s) will provide technical support to eye surgery training to trainee eye doctors and doctors seeking to learn new surgical procedures, through a complementary combination of advanced training in wet laboratory and state-of-the-art virtual reality simulations in the CUHK Ophthalmic Microsurgical Training Centre (OMTC). Training events may be held on weekday evenings or Saturdays. On-the-job training will be provided.

Appointment will initially be made on contract basis for one year commencing as soon as possible, renewable subject to good performance and mutual agreement.