- Job Title
- Laboratory Technician
- Post Number
- 1004005
- Closing Date
- 1 Mar 2021
- Grade
- SC8
- Starting Salary
- £19,505 - £23,790
- Hours per week
- 37
- Project Title
- COVID TESTING
- Expected/Ideal Start Date
- 15 Mar 2021
- Months Duration
- 12
Job Description
Main Purpose of the Job
Provide a technical support service to laboratory staff in the COVID testing labs and wider Institute. Support the smooth and efficient running of the laboratories ensuring sufficient supplies of consumables, appropriate disposal of waste materials and maintenance and cleanliness of equipment and facilities.
Key Relationships
The post holder will work together with another technician or across collegues working on different shifts, and work closely with the COVID Testing Manager
Main Activities & Responsibilities
- Provide a technical service to the COVID testing labs and ensure a joined up approach with the labs across wider Institute
- Assist the COVID testing manager and EI Lab Manager with the organisation and smooth operation of the laboratories
- Effectively organise laboratory consumables, reagents and waste disposal
- Carry out general, chemical and clinical waste disposal using appropriate labelling and safety procedures
- Checking with purchasing for the arrival of supplies and distributing to appropriate areas
- Maintain levels of reagents and consumables for laboratory usage as required
- Transport of specimens to and from the testing facility as required
- Liaise with the COVID testing Manager and Lab Manager and Facilities department regarding the maintenance of services and facilities in the labs
- Disposal of clinical samples etc. as instructed by lab staff and in accordance with the Institute’s safety policies
- Clean lab glassware and containers as required
- Collection, decontamination and processing of lab coats
- Maintain cleanliness of equipment, bench surfaces and lab sinks
- As agreed with line manager, any other duties commensurate with the nature of the role
Person Profile
Education & Qualifications
- Requirement
- Importance
- Three A levels grades A-D, including Biology or similar subject OR substantial experience of working in a scientific research environment
- Essential
- BSc in biological science, or similar subject
- Desirable
Specialist Knowledge & Skills
- Requirement
- Importance
- Good time management skills
- Essential
- Accurate record keeping ability
- Essential
Relevant Experience
- Requirement
- Importance
- Proven, recent experience in technical aspects of a scientific laboratory
- Essential
- Experience in using an autoclave and glass washer
- Desirable
- Experience in handling biological and clinical waste
- Desirable
Interpersonal & Communication Skills
- Requirement
- Importance
- Ability to learn quickly
- Essential
- Good interpersonal skills, with the ability to work well as part of a team
- Essential
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Essential
Additional Requirements
- Requirement
- Importance
- Attention to detail
- Essential
- Promotes equality and values diversity
- Essential
- Willingness to embrace the expected values and behaviours of all staff at the Institute, ensuring its a great place to work
- Essential
- Able to present a positive image of self and the Institute, promoting both the international reputation and public engagement aims of the Institute
- Essential
Who We Are
Earlham Institute
Earlham Institute is a vibrant, contemporary research institute and registered charity, working in an area of rapid technological development and innovation.
Earlham Institute is strategically funded by the BBSRC to lead the development of a skill base in bioinformatics and a genomics technology platform for UK bioscience. The Institute is located on the Norwich Research Park, together with its partners: the John Innes Centre, the Institute of Food Research, The Sainsbury Laboratory, the University of East Anglia and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. The research park has an excellent reputation for research in plant and microbial sciences, interdisciplinary environmental science and food, diet and health, to which Earlham Institute contributes strengths in genomics and bioinformatics. Close links exist between the NRP partners and new opportunities for collaboration in exciting new initiatives are under development. The NRP recently received £26M of government investment to facilitate innovation and further develop infrastructure to attract science and technology companies to the Park to enhance the vibrant environment and realise economic impact from research investment.
Earlham Institute is a UK hub for innovative Bioinformatics through research, analysis and interpretation of multiple, complex data sets. It hosts one of the largest computing hardware facilities dedicated to life science research in Europe. This has been boosted recently by an e-Infrastructure grant to expand the data storage capacity to a multi-petabyte unit, deploying a high performance cluster and large-memory server enabling the allocation of processes requiring several terabytes of computing memory.
Earlham Institute’s state of the art DNA sequencing facility operates multiple complementary technologies for data generation that provide the foundation for analyses furthering our fundamental understanding of genomes and how they function. We aim to be at the forefront of technological advances and are developing and implementing technologies to generate and analyse new types of data. We also develop novel platforms to provide access to computational tools and processing capacity for multiple academic and industrial users and promoting applications of computational bioscience. Earlham Institute has one fully owned subsidiary, Genome Enterprise Ltd (GEL) via which it offers genomic and bioinformatics services on a trading basis and works with commercial providers on a partnership basis. Earlham Institute also receives specific funding to enable knowledge exchange programmes which are supported across the institute teams.
Department
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Applications are invited for a Laboratory Technician to support the Covid-19 testing labs at the Earlham Institute.
The role:
This important role will provide a technical support service to laboratory staff in the Covid-19 testing labs and wider Institute. The post-holder will support the smooth and efficient running of the laboratories ensuring sufficient supplies of consumables, appropriate disposal of waste materials and maintenance and cleanliness of equipment and facilities.
We have two vacancies available. The working hours of each vacancy are yet to be confirmed but are expected to be 7am-3pm for one and 3pm-11pm for the other. Both roles are fulltime and will require some weekend working.
Salary on appointment will be within the range £19,505 to £23,790 per annum depending on qualifications and experience. Both roles are offered on a 12 month basis.
The ideal candidate:
Candidates should have proven, recent experience of working in a technical role in a scientific laboratory. They should have three A Levels, including a scientific subject, or possess substantial experience of working in a scientific research environment. Experience of using autoclaves and handling biological waste is desirable.
Additional information:
Please note, this post does not meet UKVI requirements to provide visa sponsorship.
As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee to offer an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for this vacancy.