Biorepository Tissue & Collection Officer

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Norwich; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is looking for a dedicated individual to join their research support team. The role focuses on consenting patients, managing sample collections, and ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks such as the Human Tissue Act. Ideal candidates will have excellent communication skills and a strong attention to detail. This position offers a great benefits package including flexible working hours and excellent career development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Discounted gym memberships

Excellent pension scheme

Wagestream access to pay

Free confidential counselling support

Qualifications

• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently.
• Ability to manage and prioritise workload effectively.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Understanding of Health and Safety regulations, HTA and GDPR.

Responsibilities

• Consenting patients and attending clinics for sample collections.
• Liaising with clinical team members for project setup.
• Maintaining accurate logs of samples.
• Ensuring compliance with the Human Tissue Act and GCP.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Understanding of patient confidentiality

Job description

A Vacancy

A Vacancy at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

About the role

Do you have a passion for research? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a friendly, hard‑working and enthusiastic person to join our small but busy team to help facilitate high quality, world‑leading research. The Norwich Research Park (NRP) Biorepository (tissue bank) helps to support translational research at institutes across the NRP, including Quadram Institute Biosciences, University of East Anglia and Earlham Institute, and national and international partners. Your role will be to assist the team with effective and efficient running of the NRP Biorepository.

As the successful candidate, you will be expected to have excellent communication and organisational skills. You will have the ability to manage and prioritise your workload accordingly, as well as work as part of a wider team. A high level of attention to detail and accuracy, and an understanding of patient confidentiality is essential. You will be able to foster effective communication with our patients, clinicians, researchers and senior leaders, including internal and external stakeholders.

To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, including research, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work and consistently demonstrate NNUH’s ‘PRIDE’ values of People focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence and demonstrate behaviours that support and encourage an inclusive culture.

Key Responsibilities

The post will include consenting patients and attending clinics for sample collections, as well as helping with the organisation and prioritisation of workload to help the team deliver high quality support for research projects. You will support project set up, liaising with clinical team members, helping develop project specific paperwork, advising on sample and data collections and help answer email and telephone queries from patients, researchers and clinicians. The postholder will support the day‑to‑day executive and administrative functions of the NRP Biorepository, ensuring the smooth running of our operations. Administrative responsibilities will include inputting patient data into an electronic database, complying with the regulatory framework of the Human Tissue Act (HTA), compiling reports, developing Standard Operating Procedures and attending team meetings. You must be able to demonstrate awareness of and compliance with relevant Health and Safety regulations, the HTA and GDPR. As part of the role, you will be expected to help support governance processes, facilitating audits and assist with inspections by governing bodies and visiting sponsors.

• The post holder will liaise with clinicians, surgeons, research nurses, pathologists and laboratory staff to identify and coordinate sample collection.
• The post holder will ensure that the principles of the Human Tissue Act (HTA) and GCP are upheld at all times and that all samples collected have appropriate patient consent.
• Meet face‑to‑face with potential participants to gain consent as required.
• The post holder will ensure that the integrity of a sample in their care is maintained and the sample is transported to the biorepository facility in a timely fashion.
• To collate detailed medical history and clinical details as required by individual studies and clinical trials.
• To maintain highly accurate logs of samples, and paper trails of the movement of pathological samples in and out of the biorepository.

Qualifications and Competencies

Self‑motivated with the ability to work independently, using your own initiative, working confidently to help deliver research projects within multidisciplinary teams across the hospital and NRP. Excellent communication and organisational skills, ability to manage and prioritise workload, high level of attention to detail and accuracy, understanding of patient confidentiality, awareness of Health and Safety regulations, HTA, GDPR, support for governance processes and audit facilitation.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service
• Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site
• Discounted gym memberships
• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• Wagestream – access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it
• Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site
• Free 24‑hours confidential counselling support
• On‑site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane
• On‑site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane
• Support in career development
• Flexible staff bank
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics

Additional Information

If you are considering applying for this post on a secondment basis, please discuss with your Line Manager prior to applying to ascertain whether this could be supported.

This advert closes on Monday 1 Dec 2025.