Imperial College London

Tissue Bank Operations and Partnerships Manager

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Job summary

Join our friendly and professional team to: Manage the biobanking tissue and blood collection pathways, tissue processing, histology and molecular laboratory services. Line manager the technical team. Build strong relationships with external academic and commercial users.

Main duties of the job

Act as a recognised source of technical expertise; both across the College and to external service users; in the biobanking of human tissue and laboratory processing of tissue using histological and molecular techniques. 2. Establish bespoke biobanking pathways to meet research needs, utilising negotiation and influencing skills to gain support of clinical teams. 3. Lead on protocol development and troubleshooting for FFPE processing and embedding, microtomy, cryotomy, H&E staining, blood processing, DNA/ RNA extraction and slide scanning. Optimise and implement gold standard practices using modern techniques. 4. Responsible for planning the order of work based on current and future capacity and expected to use independent decision making in prioritising work and identifying solutions to problems that arise. 5. Develop and maintain strong relationships and communication links with research and clinical teams, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. 6. Receive and respond to everyday enquiries from/to ICHTB staff and researchers in relation to sample collection, receipt, processing, storage and retrieval. 7. Provide expertise technical advice to identify suitable tissue that meets internal and external researcher needs. 8. To provide a timely and effective service to others in the acquisition, processing and despatch of tissue.

About us

This new role - Tissue Bank Operations and Partnerships Manager - will be responsible for identifying and securing new service users to enable significant growth of the Imperial College Healthcare Tissue and Biobank (ICHTB) beyond Imperial. Your efforts and technical expertise will help facilitate and enable research; by ensuring the ICHTB provides high quality human tissue that meets research needs; and with excellent customer service.

Details

Date posted

26 September 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£56,652 to £61,227 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

1 years

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

MED04849

Job locations

St Dunstan's Road

London

W6 8RP


Job description

Job responsibilities

About the role This new role - Tissue Bank Operations and Partnerships Manager - will be responsible for identifying and securing new service users to enable significant growth of the Imperial College Healthcare Tissue and Biobank (ICHTB) beyond Imperial. Your efforts and technical expertise will help facilitate and enable research; by ensuring the ICHTB provides high quality human tissue that meets research needs; and with excellent customer service. What you would be doing Join our friendly and professional team to:

  • Manage the biobanking tissue and blood collection pathways, tissue processing, histology and molecular laboratory services.
  • Line manager the technical team.
  • Build strong relationships with external academic and commercial users.
    • What we are looking for
  • You will develop a positive rapport with individuals, work very collaboratively; and demonstrate strong influencing skills.
  • You will inspire senior research and NHS clinical staff and management to support the tissue banking pathway and provide excellent customer service to academic and non-academic users of the ICHTB.
  • You will possess high level technical expertise to manage the laboratory and tissue banking pathways, ensuring high quality banked patient tissue and operation in accordance with regulatory requirements.
    • What we can offer you This role offers variety, challenge, and opportunity for professional growth to the right candidate. It provides an excellent opportunity for someone with histology and/or biobanking expertise and managerial experience who may be looking for a more business development role and the opportunity to help shape a laboratory service for the future. Further information This is a full time, fixed term post for 2 years and you will be based Charing Cross Hospital Campus. The ICHTB is a large and diverse biobank regulated by the Human Tissue Authority (HTA). The ICHTB acquires approximately 40,000 samples from around 3,000 patients per year across multiple sites. Around 7,000 samples are issued to projects annually, with around 60 new project applications each year. We aim to expand our service outside of the ICL/ICHT to other academic institutions and commercial companies. If you require any further details on the role please contact: Dr Leonie Powley - l.powley@imperial.ac.uk.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    About the role This new role - Tissue Bank Operations and Partnerships Manager - will be responsible for identifying and securing new service users to enable significant growth of the Imperial College Healthcare Tissue and Biobank (ICHTB) beyond Imperial. Your efforts and technical expertise will help facilitate and enable research; by ensuring the ICHTB provides high quality human tissue that meets research needs; and with excellent customer service. What you would be doing Join our friendly and professional team to:

  • Manage the biobanking tissue and blood collection pathways, tissue processing, histology and molecular laboratory services.
  • Line manager the technical team.
  • Build strong relationships with external academic and commercial users.
    • What we are looking for
  • You will develop a positive rapport with individuals, work very collaboratively; and demonstrate strong influencing skills.
  • You will inspire senior research and NHS clinical staff and management to support the tissue banking pathway and provide excellent customer service to academic and non-academic users of the ICHTB.
  • You will possess high level technical expertise to manage the laboratory and tissue banking pathways, ensuring high quality banked patient tissue and operation in accordance with regulatory requirements.
    • What we can offer you This role offers variety, challenge, and opportunity for professional growth to the right candidate. It provides an excellent opportunity for someone with histology and/or biobanking expertise and managerial experience who may be looking for a more business development role and the opportunity to help shape a laboratory service for the future. Further information This is a full time, fixed term post for 2 years and you will be based Charing Cross Hospital Campus. The ICHTB is a large and diverse biobank regulated by the Human Tissue Authority (HTA). The ICHTB acquires approximately 40,000 samples from around 3,000 patients per year across multiple sites. Around 7,000 samples are issued to projects annually, with around 60 new project applications each year. We aim to expand our service outside of the ICL/ICHT to other academic institutions and commercial companies. If you require any further details on the role please contact: Dr Leonie Powley - l.powley@imperial.ac.uk.

    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

    • BSc in a biological science, or equivalent experience.

    Desirable

    • Post-graduate course or specialist diploma related to laboratory or service
    • management, biobanking ethics; and/or business management.
    • Leadership and development courses.

    Experience

    Essential

    • Experience in the day-to-day organisation and running of a scientific or clinical
    • service, research support service and/or biobanking at a managerial or supervisory
    • level.
    • Experience in laboratory premises, facility, and equipment management
    • Experience in line management, supervision and mentoring.
    • Practical experience in handling blood and tissue, histological techniques and basic
    • molecular techniques such as DNA/ RNA extraction and the ability to optimise and
    • troubleshoot protocols.
    • Experience working within a quality management system; including document
    • control, audits, adverse events, CAPAs.

    Desirable

    • Quality control relevant to biobanking.
    • Experience in designing, writing and implementing policies and systems.
    • Working with commercial customers or collaborators.
    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

    • BSc in a biological science, or equivalent experience.

    Desirable

    • Post-graduate course or specialist diploma related to laboratory or service
    • management, biobanking ethics; and/or business management.
    • Leadership and development courses.

    Experience

    Essential

    • Experience in the day-to-day organisation and running of a scientific or clinical
    • service, research support service and/or biobanking at a managerial or supervisory
    • level.
    • Experience in laboratory premises, facility, and equipment management
    • Experience in line management, supervision and mentoring.
    • Practical experience in handling blood and tissue, histological techniques and basic
    • molecular techniques such as DNA/ RNA extraction and the ability to optimise and
    • troubleshoot protocols.
    • Experience working within a quality management system; including document
    • control, audits, adverse events, CAPAs.

    Desirable

    • Quality control relevant to biobanking.
    • Experience in designing, writing and implementing policies and systems.
    • Working with commercial customers or collaborators.

    Disclosure and Barring Service Check

    This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

    Employer details

    Employer name

    Imperial College London

    Address

    St Dunstan's Road

    London

    W6 8RP


    Employer's website

    https://www.imperial.ac.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

    Employer details

    Employer name

    Imperial College London

    Address

    St Dunstan's Road

    London

    W6 8RP


    Employer's website

    https://www.imperial.ac.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

    Employer contact details

    For questions about the job, contact:

    Hiring Manager

    Dr Leonie Powley

    l.powley@imperial.ac.uk

    Details

    Date posted

    26 September 2024

    Pay scheme

    Other

    Salary

    £56,652 to £61,227 a year

    Contract

    Fixed term

    Duration

    1 years

    Working pattern

    Full-time

    Reference number

    MED04849

    Job locations

    St Dunstan's Road

    London

    W6 8RP


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