Biorepository Technician-Full Time (Days)
Inova Health System
- Falls Church, VA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Health, Vision, and Dental Coverage
- Life Insurance, Short/Long Term Disability
- NEW! 4 weeks PAID PARENTAL LEAVE
- Retirement: Inova matches dollar for dollar the first 5% of your eligible pay that you contribute to the plan
- Competitive salary: Pay based experience.
- Amazing Paid Time Off: Accrue PTO hours on your very first day of work.
- Supplemental Plans: Including Auto/Home Insurance discounts, Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection
- Additional Benefits: Educational Assistance of up to $5,250/year, Student Loan Refinancing, Adoption Assistance, Child Care Centers, Scholarship Program, Free Parking, Exclusive savings opportunities to in-store events, theme parks, discounts, movie tickets and local offerings and so much more!
- Bachelor's degree in related field (or relevant experience in lieu of degree equivalent to 4 years)
- 2 years of experience in a biorepository or laboratory
- Pertinent research certification and human research protections training(Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative Program , National Institute of Health) 1 month upon hire.
- Basic Life Support. New hires within 3 months. Current TMs within 6 months of 9/12/2023
- Ensures that all areas of the Biorepository are following all required regulatory and accrediting agencies.
- Maintains a climate of compliance/quality within the biorepository to assure highest quality of laboratory processing.
- Offers consultations for new projects and act as subject matter expert for project planning.
- Designs and executes laboratory experiments, be responsible for data generation, assay optimization/validation.
- Develops and manages policies, procedures, processes, and protocols for biobanking services that support the research community including tissue handling, quality control (QC) work, and access to biospecimens.
- Works actively with study teams across all Service Lines to support their needs with biobanking services.
- Responsible for receiving, unpacking, accessioning, aliquoting and inventorying biospecimens.
- Establishes and updates various databases for clinical sample tracking.
- Other duties as assigned