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Human Tissue Compliance agent:Job description:Job location: Swansea Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Science/ Medical School income: Grade 8 £36,386 - £42,155 per annum pro rata together with USS pension benefits Job location: Singleton Campus and Bay Campus of Swansea University Swansea University is a research-led institution that thrives on exploration and discovery and offers a compelling balance of excellent teaching and research, matched by an enviable quality of life. It has contributed to the transformation of Swansea as a city of distinction since 1920. Swansea is a coastal city that is both picturesque and cosmopolitan, offering an excellent quality of life. Wales' City by the Sea and birthplace of Dylan Thomas, it is a lively and vibrant maritime city and regional shopping centre with a population of 240,000 people. We provide an environment of research excellence, with research that is world-leading, globally collaborative and internationally recognised. The post holder will be central in coordinating and supporting the University's human tissue research licence and ethics committee approved studies that utilise human tissue. They will provide assurance of compliance with the removal, storage, use, and disposal of human tissues for research purposes together with SU Designated Individual (DI) and persons designate (PD) alongside individual study Principal Investigators (PIs). The use of human tissue for research is a common practice across Swansea University's Faculties that are located across the Singleton and Bay campuses. The post holder will ensure that all necessary governance requirements are met in respect of the use of human tissue for research in conformity with the Human Tissue Act (2004), other Human Tissue Authority (HTA) regulatory needs, and the requirements of the Health Research Authority (HRA) and Faculty Research Ethics Committees (RECs). Using specialist expertise, the post holder will provide full advice and guidance to the DI, PDs and PIs in all matters relating to activities covered by the HTA research licence, the HRA, RECs and the university itself to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of all regulatory and governance needs related to the use of human tissue for research. The Human Tissue Research Compliance agent is a critical function in the delivery of research support, embedded in the University. You should have a significant degree or equivalent qualification and/or practice. Alongside this you should have: » In depth working expertise of the significant legislation and regulations connected with the use and retention of human tissues for research purposes » expertise of the academic research environment and of the expectations of good conduct that are connected with research activity and good organisational and time management expertise are important with capability to prioritise work and you will need highly developed IT expertise. To apply To apply for the post please click on the link: Human Tissue Compliance agent (swansea.ac.uk) Skills:
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