Biobank Director
Shirley, NY, NY
Full Time
Mid Level
Biobank Director
Shirley, NY
Monday–Friday (8:30am-5pm)
Why Join Us?
At New York Cancer & Blood Specialists (NYCBS), we create an environment where dedicated professionals can thrive. Our team of expert oncologists, hematologists, and compassionate staff work across numerous locations with one shared mission: conquering cancer close to home. Through cutting-edge treatments, innovative research, and a patient-centered philosophy, we are redefining what’s possible in the fight against cancer and blood disorders. Join our growing organization and help us bring healing, hope, and advanced care to the communities we proudly serve.
In this role, you will:
Starting Salary: Up to $120,000 per year commensurate with experience and education.
Benefits: Health Insurance on day 1, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short- and Long-term disability, 401k Plan, generous PTO, 8 paid holidays (2 floating), and more.
Join us at NYCBS, where we are making strides in healthcare through innovative and compassionate care.
Visit our website at: Nycancer.com
Follow us on Facebook: NYCBS on Facebook
New York Cancer and Blood Specialists is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Shirley, NY
Monday–Friday (8:30am-5pm)
Why Join Us?
At New York Cancer & Blood Specialists (NYCBS), we create an environment where dedicated professionals can thrive. Our team of expert oncologists, hematologists, and compassionate staff work across numerous locations with one shared mission: conquering cancer close to home. Through cutting-edge treatments, innovative research, and a patient-centered philosophy, we are redefining what’s possible in the fight against cancer and blood disorders. Join our growing organization and help us bring healing, hope, and advanced care to the communities we proudly serve.
In this role, you will:
- Keep current in the latest biobanking technologies, develop new methods and protocols, and establish service standards that can improve and optimize biobanking operations
- Guarantee client satisfaction by providing exceptional service through a consistent customer centric approach, a focus on precision delivery, and flexibility to meet customer expectations
- Acquire new business through the promotion of facility offerings and services and development of robust sponsor networking
- Continuously evaluate Biobank operations and utilization to optimize the functionality and growth of the facility and to improve productivity, service, quality, and financial health
- Collate and report specimen management related metrics to support forecasting and decision-making, and propose strategies for improvement using these metrics
- Perform contingency planning to ensure the Biobank can continue to operate or safely shut down during unexpected events and conditions
- Maintain and coordinate the cold storage units and environmental monitoring systems and processes
- Participates in rotating schedule for “on call” environmental monitoring and response outside of regular hours
- Maintain general working knowledge of and compliance with CAP, FDA, NYSDOH, GCP, ICH and other pertinent regulations, as pertains to central laboratory functions
- Maintain NYS license for non-transplant anatomic bank operation
- Apply and maintain College of American Pathologist Biorepository Accreditation
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of SOPs
- Resolve specimen management related issues and queries
- Maintain Biobank quality assurance through audits, root cause analysis and corrective action implementation
- Supervise Biobank staff to ensure that the services provided are of high quality and are delivered efficiently.
- Serve as a role model and manage staff to create a collaborative research environment
- Ensure quality driven training is provided to all staff, monitor proficiency, and perform yearly competency for all assigned staff
- Evaluate overall staffing levels; manage hiring and termination processes
- Bachelors degree in biology, biochemistry, pathology, cell biology or related
- scientific discipline; Masters degree preferred
- A minimum of five (5) years progressive experience working in a biospecimen
- procurement environment
- IATA training
- Advanced experience in using specimen inventory tracking databases and LIMS.
- Advanced understanding in specimen collection, processing, shipping, storage
- and annotation
- Strong working knowledge of MS Office suite (Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Word
- and Visio) is also required.
- Critical reasoning/problem solving skills to identify and resolve complex
- problems.
- Experience supervising others and demonstrated leadership and motivational
- capabilities.
Starting Salary: Up to $120,000 per year commensurate with experience and education.
Benefits: Health Insurance on day 1, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short- and Long-term disability, 401k Plan, generous PTO, 8 paid holidays (2 floating), and more.
Join us at NYCBS, where we are making strides in healthcare through innovative and compassionate care.
Visit our website at: Nycancer.com
Follow us on Facebook: NYCBS on Facebook
New York Cancer and Blood Specialists is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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