Autopsy Coordinator

Job Summary

The Autopsy Coordinator will assist in supporting the Memory & Aging Center Autopsy Program and Neurodegenerative Disease Brain Bank under the supervision of the Brain Bank Administrative Manager and the Principal Investigator. This position involves multiple responsibilities including providing administrative support, helping to educate and enroll participants, coordinating tissue procurements, and completing documentation for the successful operation of this critical program.

The program requires 24/7 coverage of the autopsy pager, and the incumbent will share this on-call responsibility with the other members of the team and is contacted at the time of death to facilitate the procurement of donor tissue, frequently working with the Administrative Manager and Principal Investigator to problem-solve when unique autopsy situations arise (and occasionally addressing such situations independently.)

When on call, the coordinator will be contacted at the time of a tissue donor's death to facilitate the procurement of donor tissue. S/he is responsible for maintaining contact with the cohort of living research participants and disseminating pathology reports to donor families. Advanced planning with families, technicians, and funeral homes is imperative. The incumbent is one of two primary liaisons with the Department of Pathology, additional collaborators from outside organizations, and other dementia research centers.

S/he is a public face of UCSF's brain autopsy/donation program, representing the program at research events and addressing all questions from potential donors.

The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy.

Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification  positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.

The salary range for this position is $34.32 - $55.19 (Hourly Rate).

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The Memory and Aging Center is an internationally renowned clinical research center with a diverse workforce of over 260 full time employees with offices and clinical research space located in the Sandler Neurosciences Building and multiple other buildings on the UCSF Mission Bay Campus. The MAC provides clinical care for patients suffering from neurodegenerative disease processes; from this clinical population, external referrals, and direct recruitment efforts we enroll patients into more than 50 structured research protocols and/or treatment trials.

We are a California Alzheimer's Research Center and a federal Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.

The Memory and Aging Center (MAC) is the largest division within the Department of Neurology. The Department of Neurology is a teaching, research and clinical care unit within the School of Medicine (SOM). The Department of Neurology is a large, multi-site department, with locations including Mission Bay, Parnassus, Mt. Zion, ZSFG, VAMC and the Gladstone Institutes and is affiliated with the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences.

The department is constructed of 14 administrative divisions with 11 clinical specialties. The department has over 230 faculty and academic employees, 290 staff positions, and 170 trainees including: residents, clinical fellows and postdoctoral scholars. The Department has an annual operating budget in excess of $120M and has been the #1 recipient of NIH funding across all U.S. Departments of Neurology for the past 6 consecutive years, in addition to being the #1 recipient of philanthropic dollars across all departments  department's mission includes delivering the most exceptional clinical care to our patients, leading transformative cutting-edge research, and training the leaders of tomorrow in both neurology and neuroscience.

Our department's faculty, trainees, and staff work at a University and in a community that values and embraces diversity and strives to make an impact worldwide through our global and public health efforts.

• HS graduation and sufficient experience and demonstrated skills to successfully perform the assigned duties and responsibilities
• Excellent verbal and written communications and presentation skills; excellent organizational skills; and excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively in a diverse team
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Windows
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-based environment; project management and coordination skills; ability to prioritize tasks and meet multiple deadlines on concurrent projects
• Ability to establish cooperative working relationships with…