Laboratory Technician Cambridge, East of England, England
Job description
Vacancy
Job Title: Laboratory Technician
Location: Cambridge
Start: ASAP
Terms: 37.5hr/week, Permanent Role
Salary: Competitive salary with staff benefits including private health insurance, pension contributions and 25 days annual leave.
Job Summary
As Laboratory Technician you will assist clinical laboratory staff to ensure the smooth running of the laboratory.
Includes performing routine tasks and housekeeping activities.
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Book in incoming clinical samples according to current procedures
- Running, under supervision, clinical laboratory procedures
- Assist main clinical lab staff to improve efficiency, TAT’s and lab productivity
- Referral of clinical samples to external labs
- Routine laboratory housekeeping
- Carry out routine maintenance of instruments and systems according to schedule (lab staff to assist in collating a schedule)
- Attend lab meetings
- Input into the QMS
- Input of data into report templates for authorisation by BMS
- Assist with introduction of new assays and associated documentation and record keeping where appropriate
- Other duties as reasonably requested.
Qualifications and experience required:
Essential
- BSc in Biomedical science or equivalent
- Computer literate
- Self-motivated, good communication skills and a team player.
Desirable
- Molecular diagnostics skills including PCR, nucleic acid extraction and RNA handling
- Experience of clinical diagnostics, human genetics, biochemistry and/or clinical microbiology
- Previous experience of working within an accredited laboratory and familiarity with quality and regulatory standards.
Working at CCL
A great place to work
CCL is a great place to work. Our team is experienced, dedicated, and loyal and we acknowledge that. We enable CPD, encourage innovation and practice a no blame culture. We work as a team and get rewarded as a team, and we also have fun together.
About CCL
Cambridge Clinical Laboratories started its journey in 2005. The objective for the company then was to offer personalised medicine and introduce new novel technologies and assays to help UK healthcare. This is still very much the aim today.
We have an extraordinary team of experienced biomedical scientists and lab technicians. Our people are core to CCL’s stability – many who have been around since we started.
2020 threw a huge curveball for the world in the form of the Covid-19 pandemic. We reacted quickly and supported the UK’s efforts with care home, hotspot and private testing. As the dust settles, we return to our roots; concentrating on how we can support the NHS to recover, looking at what new technologies we can introduce to the UK market, and how we can help individuals take personal responsibility for their health.
Revolution of healthcare
The age of personalised medicine is now well established. Everyone needs to be seen and treated as an individual. As diagnostics and therapeutics develop to meet this rapidly changing need CCL will be there to provide a first-class service alongside state-of-the-art tests and treatments.
We will continue to expand our current offering of services in Oncology and Virology, but also develop into new areas of healthcare. We are living in revolutionary times with regards to personalised healthcare diagnostics and specifically targeted therapeutics. We plan for CCL to be at the forefront of that revolution.
Join us.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £19,000.00-£22,500.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Cambridge: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Laboratory Technician
