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 Lay Members. 

Key Criteria for a 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 four times per year on the first Thursday of the month (March, June, September and December). Agenda and documents are emailed to Committee members for review one week prior to the scheduled meeting date. Pre-reading of material prior to the meeting would be up to 1 hour. Meetings are currently held online and generally approx. 30 minutes.   

Submit all enquires to [email protected], using the subject line: Institutional Biosafety Committee - Lay Member (volunteer) enquiry via EthicalJobs.