Senior Clinical Scientist- Microbiology

Our client is is a private accredited Clinical Laboratory for the examination of human samples with the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis management prevention and treatment of disease.

Tasks

• Take part in the clinical microbiology diagnostic service in collaboration with Consultant Microbiologists and Laboratory Management team to ensure patient results are delivered to the highest standard in a timely manner.
• Participate and discharge duties required to provide operational services within a multidisciplinary laboratory/team.
• Participate in the maintenance of the ISO 15189 quality management system which ensures safe patient care.
• Observe the strictest confidence when dealing with all aspects of patient information.
• Actively participate in and promote continuing education and research activities within the organisation.
• Encourage professional development of staff through promoting selflearning formal courses or formal and/or informal on the job training.
• Develop update and review policies procedures and guidelines for the department.
• Participate in developing and leading the introduction of new ideas and methods aligned to strategic objectives of the organisation.
• Take part in validation and verifications of equipment and tests.
• Participate in costing methods for laboratory service to service users.
• Monitor and interpret quality standards accuracy of results and participate in troubleshooting to resolve abnormalities anomalies and variations in results.
• Actively participate in internal and external quality control and quality assurance programmes and cooperate in evaluating assays equipment and consumables where required.
• Comply with Health and Safety requirements as detailed in the Safety Statement and associated policies and procedures and to report any defects or tasks being carried out in an unsafe manner.

Requirements

• BSc allied to the field of clinical science and laboratory medicine.
• Eligible for membership of the ACSLM.
• Have previous experience in a clinical diagnostic laboratory (at least 2 years).
• Accuracy and attention to detail are essential.
• Have experience working in clinical microbiology
• Experience using automated microbiology systems is an advantage
• Experience using Vitek 2XL or Vitek Prime is an advantage
• Knowledge of Laboratory Accreditation (ISO15189)

Benefits

Employer pension contributions

Excellent career progression opportunities

Excellent training and CPD opportunities

Support for annual membership fees to professional bodies

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