Tissue Bank Operations & Compliance Lead

Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City; Abu Dhabi; Presencial; AED 180.000 - 300.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City seeks a dedicated tissue banking operations professional to coordinate setup, commissioning, and readiness of the Homograft Valve Bank. You will oversee HVB equipment validation, storage systems, donor tissue procurement, and traceability from retrieval to implantation.

The role focuses on SOP development, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with transplant services, engineering, and supply chain to support ongoing quality and expansion of tissue banking

Responsabilidades

• Coordinate the setup commissioning and operational readiness of the Homograft Valve Bank
• Oversee installation validation maintenance and monitoring of all HVB equipment and storage systems
• Develop workflows to ensure safe and efficient tissue banking operations
• Support future expansion of tissue banking and transplant-related services
• Coordinate donor tissue procurement in collaboration with transplant coordinators donor hospitals cardiac surgeons and retrieval teams
• Ensure appropriate donor screening testing eligibility assessment and documentation
• Coordinate the retrieval transportation processing cryopreservation storage quality assessment and release of homograft valves vessels patches and other approved tissues
• Maintain full chain-of-custody and traceability from donor retrieval to clinical implantation
• Develop and maintain SOPs policies forms quality records and operational documentation
• Prepare and maintain all documents required for licensing accreditation inspections and audits
• Ensure compliance with SKMC PureHealth Department of Health DOH and other applicable regulatory requirements
• Participate in audits quality improvement initiatives and corrective and preventive action processes
• Coordinate procurement and inventory management of consumables reagents cryopreservation materials and laboratory supplies
• Liaise with Biomedical Engineering Facilities Management and external vendors for equipment maintenance liquid nitrogen supply and infrastructure support
• Ensure continuous operational readiness of storage and cryopreservation systems
• Maintain accurate records of all tissue banking activities
• Collect and analyse operational data and key performance indicators
• Prepare and submit reports required by hospital administration quality teams PureHealth DOH and other stakeholders
• Train supervise and assess competency of HVB personnel
• Delegate responsibilities and ensure adequate staffing for 24-hour operational coverage
• Promote a culture of quality safety and continuous improvement
• Maintain effective collaboration with Cardiac Surgery Transplant Services Operating Rooms CSSD Microbiology Pathology Nursing Biomedical Engineering Facilities and Supply Chain teams
• Facilitate communication with donor hospitals and transplant teams to ensure timely donor tissue retrieval and processing

Descripción del empleo

Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City seeks a dedicated tissue banking operations professional to coordinate setup, commissioning, and readiness of the Homograft Valve Bank. You will oversee HVB equipment validation, storage systems, donor tissue procurement, and traceability from retrieval to implantation.

The role focuses on SOP development, regulatory compliance, and collaboration with transplant services, engineering, and supply chain to support ongoing quality and expansion of tissue banking