Research Fellow - Tissue Acquisition & Biobanking

Research Fellow – Tissue Acquisition & Biobanking
12-month fixed term, Full Time, with ongoing opportunity
Cabrini Malvern

At Cabrini Health we champion community, compassion and career fulfilment. Our teams are united by the shared purpose of making a meaningful contribution to exceptional, patient-centred care in well- resourced, world class facilities that inspire you to perform at your best and continuously grow professionally.

Cabrini Research has been the home of innovative research at Cabrini Health for more than 25 years. Our highly-skilled academic and clinician researchers work together to tackle the greatest challenges in healthcare and improve the lives of our patients and community. Our investigators work across the entire trajectory of research from laboratory discovery to preclinical models, clinical trials and implementation into practice.

What the role involves:
The Research Fellow – Tissue Acquisition & Biobanking is responsible for establishing, coordinating, and overseeing Cabrini’s unified program for the acquisition, processing, documentation, and biobanking of human tissue and blood samples collected during routine surgical and pathology procedures.

This role provides strategic and operational leadership to ensure that all biospecimens (malignant, benign, and blood) are collected ethically, consistently, and in accordance with approved protocols, and that they are processed and transferred to Biobanking Victoria or other nominated facilities for long‑term storage and future research use.

The Research Fellow leads the development of standard operating procedures, ensures compliance with Monash Health HREC and Cabrini RGO approvals, and acts as the primary liaison between surgeons, pathology, Biobanking Victoria, other nominated facilities and internal research teams.

About you:

• Bachelor’s degree in biomedical science, molecular biology, pathology, or related field (required).
• Postgraduate qualification in research management or biobanking (desirable).
• Detailed knowledge of research ethics involving human biological specimens.
• Significant experience in biobanking, clinical research, pathology, or biospecimen management.
• Experience managing a biobank and/or mentoring others (desirable).
• Demonstrated experience leading operational programs or research teams.

What We Offer:

• Salary Packaging up to $18,850 per annum to increase your take-home pay
• Access to a range of retail offers, discounted hospital services and savings on eligible private health fund services
• Myki Commuter Club discount
• A commitment to health and wellbeing initiatives including discounted access to a wide range of gyms, pools, and fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
• A compassionate values driven organisation

Interested? For further information, view the full position description or contact: Gayle Pettigrew – Administration Assistant – Research Operations – on 03 9508 3451

To find out more please visit our Careers website

Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.

Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.

As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Working for Cabrini

Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.

There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.

Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.

Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI

Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza and COVID-19 (recommended), plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested.