Healthcare Scientist London, England
Job description
PLEASE NOTE: If you have previously submitted an application against this reference number 264045 within the last 4 weeks, please do not submit a duplicate application. This role has been reopened due to a system error
This post is positioned within the Clinical Services Unit of Reference Services.
Microbiology reference laboratories undertake complex and highly skilled techniques which often require nationally or internationally unique capabilities or facilities. Reference laboratories are required to provide authoritative, final and validated analysis for complex clinical or food microbiological problems and be innovative in driving microbiological methodology developments and standards. They have a key role in the provision of expert advice to government and other national and international agencies, risk assessment for new and emerging microbiological threats and play an important role in teaching and training organism specific and subject matter expertise to all grades of professional medical, nursing, scientific and technical staff. Design of national microbiological surveillance programmes and sampling strategies and outbreak detection and control are part of day to day work of reference laboratories.
