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Laboratory Assistant / MTA - 30 Hours per Week
Orthopädisches Spital SpeisingWien, Austria30 Oct 2026
Clinical laboratory technicianGerman
Description
About the Position
Interdisciplinary international research environment in orthopedic basic research.
Work location: Speisinger Straße 109, 1130 Vienna.
The category laboratory_technician is used as a cross-project category; the specific educational alternatives MTA, Laboratory Assistant, or comparable qualification remain unchanged.
Your Responsibilities
- Coordinate and control the proper preparation, labeling, and storage of tissue samples in accordance with data protection regulations.
- Organize femoral head donations: review, forward, and file consents; collect femoral head and blood donations from the operating room; package them properly and document the process.
- Manage, maintain, and document the biobank.
- Carefully manage consent forms for the biobank and donations.
- Train, supervise, and support students, ensuring laboratory and safety standards are met.
- Serve as the central point of contact for daily laboratory operations and organization.
- Coordinate operating room schedules and necessary workflows, and collect tissue samples in a timely manner.
- Monitor laboratory inventory and reorder consumables in a timely manner.
Your Profile
- Completed training as an MTA, Laboratory Assistant, or comparable qualification.
- Basic knowledge of BSL-2/BSL-3 safety conditions is advantageous but not mandatory.
- Organizational talent and a careful, structured working style.
- Stress resistance, independence, reliability, and resilience even under high workload.
- Friendly communication and enjoyment of collaboration with students, operating room staff, physicians, and patients.
- Good English skills for an international research team; no specific CEFR level mentioned.
- Proficient handling of documentation and administrative processes.
Contract, Organization, and Compensation
Part-time with 30 hours per week; contract duration and specific start date not specified.
Minimum monthly gross salary of EUR 2,487.42 for 30 hours per week, D1/Grade 1 according to the collective agreement. Classification depends on education, qualification, and experience.
No annual projection and no conversion to 40 hours per week.
Specific shift, night, or weekend work model not published.
Your Benefits
- Insights into orthopedic research and scientific projects.
- Independent work in a collegial international team.
- Continuing education including Monday training sessions, scientific lectures, and in-house congresses.
- Job ticket and discounted fresh lunch.
- Collective agreement-paid lunch break after six hours of daily work.
- Health promotion, social events, discounts, and green areas.
- Childcare in a nearby kindergarten, subject to availability.
- Car and bicycle parking spaces on the hospital grounds, with no guarantee of free car usage.