2026_116_LABORATORY TECHNICIAN

Description

#### **JOB DESCRIPTION** The IGTP needs to recruit a laboratory technician for its Biobank team to perform tasks associated with the Tumor Bank Node of the IGTP\-HUGTP Biobank. #### **RESPONSIBILITIES** * Maintain the biobank activity log, primarily tracking sample inflow and outflow. * Maintain the laboratory’s information system for sample and data management. * Perform specific technical procedures of the Tumor Bank: preparation, preservation, staining, sectioning, and distribution of tissue samples. * Collect, prepare, register, preserve, and distribute samples and data according to researchers’ requests and the biobank’s needs. * Maintain and control laboratory equipment and materials. * Comply with the requirements and procedures of the Quality Management System. * Participate in and collaborate with the ISCIII Biobanks Platform. #### **REQUIREMENTS** * Hold a Higher Vocational Training Certificate (Ciclo Formativo de Grado Superior) in Pathological Anatomy or equivalent. * Demonstrate prior experience with databases, registers, and information systems for management. * Demonstrate prior experience handling human tissue samples: tissue processing and embedding, microtomy. * Demonstrate intermediate-level English proficiency. * Willingness to work in document management. * Willingness to work as part of a team. * Prior experience handling frozen samples will be valued. * Prior experience processing blood and other derivatives will be valued. * Prior experience in biobanks and/or research support services will be valued. #### **BENEFITS** * Permanent contract (Science Law 17/2022\) * Contract start date: September 2026\. * The successful candidate will have a full-time working schedule. * Gross annual remuneration for this position, as specified in the present call, will be determined based on the candidate’s experience and competencies, paid in 12 installments. * 23 days of vacation \+ 5 personal days annually. * Flexible compensation (childcare vouchers). * Training capsules funded by the employer. * Join an excellent multidisciplinary research center accredited with the HRS4R distinction. * Location at the Can Ruti Campus, a world-class translational research environment in the Barcelona area, within a highly stimulating scientific setting. The IGTP offers a supportive, friendly, and collaborative ecosystem to foster professional development and help\-you achieve your research goals. #### **FOR MORE INFORMATION** https://www.germanstrias.org/es/technology\-services/biobank/ #### **APPLICATION SUBMISSION** Interested candidates must attach the following to their application: * A motivation letter explaining their interest in the position. * An updated CV. * Contact details of 2\-3 references. Applications will be evaluated in accordance with the guiding principles and objectives of staffing systems, following the process described below: * **Curriculum evaluation:** Analysis of the CV to assess education, professional trajectory, and experience in positions related to the job being advertised. * **Personal interview:** After curriculum evaluation, selected candidates will be invited to a personal interview to verify and expand upon information detailed in the CV, and to assess experience and professional competencies. After a preliminary selection of applications, interviews will be conducted with those candidates best suited for the position to be filled.#### **APPLICATION DEADLINE** The application submission period ends on 14 September 2026\. #### **WHO WE ARE** The Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) is a public research center located in Badalona (Barcelonès), whose main objective is to advance scientific knowledge and translate it into solutions that improve patient and community health and healthcare. The Institute is affiliated with one of Barcelona area’s major university hospitals—the Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital—and forms part of the Can Ruti biomedical campus. It is a CERCA center and also accredited as a Center of Excellence by the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII), responsible for coordinating research management and scientific strategy across the campus, in close collaboration with other centers located there. The Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute conducts research across nine areas: * Cancer * Behavioral sciences and substance abuse * Cardiovascular and respiratory diseases * Liver and digestive system diseases * Endocrine, metabolic, bone, and kidney diseases * Infectious diseases * Immunology and inflammation * Neuroscience * Community health Scientists working in these areas publish an average of over 900 articles per year, contribute improved health protocols and novel treatments, generate patents, and create entrepreneurial spin-offs to enhance patients’ lives. The following video provides an aerial view of the Can Ruti Campus—a world-class translational research environment in the Barcelona area, within a highly stimulating scientific setting. The IGTP offers a supportive, friendly, and collaborative ecosystem to foster professional development and help you achieve your research goals. **The IGTP,** **in its commitment to equal opportunities, encourages interested female candidates to submit their CVs and will consider candidates recognized by the competent authorities of the Autonomous Communities—or, where applicable, by the General State Administration—as having a disability degree equal to or greater than 33%, or declared permanently incapacitated (total incapacity) for a profession other than teaching, pursuant to a resolution issued by the National Social Security Institute, provided they possess the functional capacity required to perform the usual duties of the position.**