Coordinator: National Tissue Bank & Post Graduate advanced Wet Skills Laboratory - Department of Anatomy - School of Medicine - Faculty of Health Sciences at University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

The responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Managing the storage and maintaining the human tissue data repository in accordance with the National Health Act Number 61 of 2003 on an electronic data management system (including but not limited to Excel-based and institutional databases) in a legally- and ethically sound manner;
• Ensuring full compliance with all applicable legislation, institutional policies, and ethical guidelines;
• Building and managing the donor relationship with Pretoria-based hospitals;
• Managing the operational processes of the WSL as a potential form of third-stream income for the Faculty of Health Sciences, including supervision and coordination of technical assistants, data processing, and engaging with all relevant internal and external stakeholders;
• Liaise professionally with prospective and registered donors and their families to provide guidance and support on body and tissue donation procedures, consent processes, and related administrative requirements;
• Contributing to research and innovation in anatomical preservation, prosection techniques, and surgical training within the Department of Anatomy.
• Processing donated bodies and creating prosections, per client or departmental specifications for research, teaching, and workshops, and ensuring the correct labelling, cataloguing, and storage of these specimens;
• Keeping abreast of all relevant medico-legal laws pertaining to the usage of tissue and human bodies;
• Generating and dispatching purchase orders and proformas;
• Marketing the National Tissue Bank and WSL to internal and external stakeholders in the relevant medical fields, as well as the whole-body donation programme to potential donors and family members.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• A Master's degree in Biological Science with experience in prosection or dissection of human anatomy; 
• Four years’ experience in Human Anatomy and handling of human tissue and skeletal remains;
• Experience in the maintenance of laboratories;
• Experience in teaching or tutoring students and providing research support;
• Experience in administrative management;
• Valid driver’s license and a category D Professional Driving Permit (PDrP).