Blood Processing Technician

at  The Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Integral to the Garvan are its biobanks which contain tissue and blood samples from consented participants. The Technician is to undertake blood-processing duties to expand the collection of the biobanks.

ABOUT GARVAN

The Garvan Institute of Medical Research is an independent Medical Research Institute (MRI) in Sydney, delivering scientific and clinical impact on a global basis and in partnership with organisations that share our vision. We are proud to be one of Australia’s largest and most highly regarded MRI’s.
Our vision is global leadership in discoveries to impact and our enduring purpose is to impact human health, by harnessing information encoded in our genome.
We seek to see our world-class discovery research achieve life-changing impacts, not only for individual patients with rare diseases, but for the many thousands affected by complex, common disease.
Garvan promotes a diverse workplace and is committed to the principles of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. We are always looking for culture ‘add’, not culture ‘fit’ and are building diverse teams with great sets of complementary styles and skills to help deliver our important work effectively.

The key responsibilities include:

• Processing of blood samples collected as part of the biobanks
• Strict adherence to Study Protocols
• The meticulous preparation and labelling of the blood samples
• Centrifuge handling and maintenance
• Aliquoting and snap freezing of samples
• Data entry and ensuring its accuracy onto a database
• Maintaining, auditing and implementing changes to electronic databases
• Assistance with specific projects
• Performing general histology
• All general lab duties
• Contributing to the writing of standard operating procedures and other manuals
• Record Keeping
• Assisting other Garvan facilities/labs if required
• Working closely and effectively with small teams, planning and prioritising work to meet all commitments.