• Work Type: Voluntary
• Location: Melbourne

St Vincent’s is a major teaching, research and tertiary referral centre providing acute or chronic medical and surgical services, as well as clinical training. Advanced medical research and translating the results into clinical practice allows doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to provide better quality healthcare for patients.  

The St Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne) Institutional Biosafety Committee undertake review, approval and ongoing monitoring of all research involving Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) at St Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne), which is an organisation accredited by the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR), and at other OGTR-accredited organisations on the St Vincent’s campus which utilise the St Vincent’s Hospital IBC.

The IBC is responsible for ensuring that the use of GMOs and other non-GMO biological hazards on St Vincent’s Campus are conducted in compliance with the standards outlined by the Gene Technology Act 2000, the Gene Technology Regulations 2001 and other related legislations or regulations.

St Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne) IBC is seeking a new Independent (Lay) member.

Key Criteria for an Independent (Lay) member:

• Not otherwise associated with institutions utilising the IBC
• Not an employee or associate of St Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne)
• Not involved in gene technology

Appointment to the IBC involves:

• Attending meetings (eight per year on the first Thursday of the month)
• Pre-reading agenda documents 
• Meetings are currently held online, start at 4:30pm and generally last up to 1 hour.

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