Autopsy Coordinator
Autopsy Coordinator
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02-05-2025
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Hourly Salary
$ 34 - 55
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1 Vacancy
Posted on :
02-05-2025
Job Description
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 oncall 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 problemsolve 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 donors 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 UCSFs brain autopsy/donation program representing the program at research events and addressing all questions from potential donors.
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 problemsolving skills Ability to work effectively in a fastpaced teambased environment; project management and coordination skills; ability to prioritize tasks and meet multiple deadlines on concurrent projects Ability to establish cooperative working relationships with patients coworkers & physicians Demonstrated advanced interpersonal skills including but not limited to teamwork and the ability to communicate frankly and compassionately with family members of dying patients and bereaved families Ability to remain available 24/7 while taking pager coverage Proven ability to work collaboratively with other crossfunctional teams and establish cooperative working relationships with patients coworkers & physicians
Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of California San Francisco is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veteran or disabled status or genetic information.
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 Alzheimers Research Center and a federal Alzheimers 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 multisite 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 at UCSF.
Our departments mission includes delivering the most exceptional clinical care to our patients leading transformative cuttingedge research and training the leaders of tomorrow in both neurology and neuroscience. Our departments 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.
About UCSF
The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research graduatelevel education in the life sciences and health professions and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the worlds leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer neurodegenerative diseases aging and stem cells.
Pride Values
UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism respect integrity diversity and excellence also known as our PRIDE values.
In addition to our PRIDE values UCSF is committed to equity both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education discovery and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available at
Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.
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 at UCSF. For 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).
To learn more about the benefits of working at UCSF including total compensation please visit: graduation and sufficient experience and demonstrated skills to successfully perform the assigned duties and responsibilities
- Demonstrated proficiency with medical terminology
- Experience working with patients or study subjects
- Ability to abstract data from medical records and transfer it to data collection forms or directly into databases
- Knowledge or experience in aging endoflife issues and dementia
- 2 years work experience in a medical research or academic medicine environment
- Experience working with patients or study subjects
Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of California San Francisco is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veteran or disabled status or genetic information.
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 Alzheimers Research Center and a federal Alzheimers 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 multisite 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 at UCSF.
Our departments mission includes delivering the most exceptional clinical care to our patients leading transformative cuttingedge research and training the leaders of tomorrow in both neurology and neuroscience. Our departments 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.
About UCSF
The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research graduatelevel education in the life sciences and health professions and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. We bring together the worlds leading experts in nearly every area of health. We are home to five Nobel laureates who have advanced the understanding of cancer neurodegenerative diseases aging and stem cells.
Pride Values
UCSF is a diverse community made of people with many skills and talents. We seek candidates whose work experience or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to professionalism respect integrity diversity and excellence also known as our PRIDE values.
In addition to our PRIDE values UCSF is committed to equity both in how we deliver care as well as our workforce. We are committed to building a broadly diverse community nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education discovery and patient care. Additional information about UCSF is available at
Join us to find a rewarding career contributing to improving healthcare worldwide.
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