Biobank Coordinator

Fixed Term, Part Time until September 2024:

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Austin Hospital Heidelberg location:

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Base salary (dependant based on applicable award and qualification) + salary packaging + super (pro-rata for part time)

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the North East of Melbourne and state-wide.

We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the department

The Infectious Diseases Department provides infectious disease care to inpatients and outpatients at Austin Health and the Mercy Hospital for Women, medical infection control advice for these two institutions and has an active research program in important areas such as antibiotic allergy and resistance, virology, COVID-19, genomics and transplant infectious diseases.

About the role
A Biobank Coordinator is required to manage the Australian Donation and Transplantation Biobank (ADTB).

The ADTB is an open access biobanking resource situated within the Department of Infectious Diseases, Austin Health that offers the scientific community access to high-quality human biospeciments for research studies.

The ADTB is unique in Australia and on of only a handful of such programs worldwide.

ADTB collaborates with DonateLife Victoria and the Liver Transplant Unit at Austin Health to give organ donors' families the opportunity to donate their loved ones organs directly to medical research when not used for transplantation.

The project was launched in 2019 by Lead Investigator Dr Claire Gordon and more information can be found at

A regular day will see you:

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  Respond to queries from ineterested researchers:

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Assist with the coordination and distribution of biospecimens:

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  Enter clinical data for new donors in REDCap, liaising with DonateLife Victoria as required:

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Maintain logs and records of ADTB donors, samples and researchers

About you

Ideally, you'll have:
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Tertiary qualification as a Medical Scientist, Registered Nurse, Pharmacist or Allied Health professional:

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  Experience coordinating clinical trials or research projects with a sound understanding of ICH-GCP:

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Strong organizational and time management skills:

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  The ability to work autonomously and within a team:

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Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills (written, verbal):

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  Confidence with computers, particularly Office 365

Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day.

Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

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$11,660 in salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation:

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  A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program:

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Mentoring and career development opportunities:

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  Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists:

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Five weeks annual leave, plus purchased leave options:

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  Flexible, hybrid working arrangements

Inclusion at Austin
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