Officer - Tissue Bank - SKMC

Job Description

Establishment and Operations

• 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.