Biorepository Technician

 Biorepository Technician 

Inova Research Department is looking for a dedicated Biorepository Technician to join the team. This is a fulltime Day Shift: Monday to Friday (8:00am-4:30pm). This position is located in Annadale, VA. 

Inova is consistently ranked as a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and more!

Biorepository Technician Job Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in related field (or relevant experience in lieu of degree equivalent to 4 years) 

• Experience: 2 years of experience in a biorepository or laboratory 

• Certification: 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

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