Pathology Equipment Specialist

Newcastle upon Tyne
9 months ago
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CK Group are recruiting for a Pathology Equipment Specialist, to join a diagnostics company. This is a field-based role, covering Scotland and the North of England, on a contract basis for 12 months.

Salary:

Rates £200 - £230 per day PAYE or £265.27 - £305.06 per day UMB.

Pathology Equipment Specialist Role:

Be responsible for providing application, technical or scientific support to internal/external customers.
Handle customer enquiries from the acceptance of application product problems through to case resolution.
To deliver sustainable solutions for support cases.
Deliver customer training.
Provide on site support activities.
Your Background:

Essential:

Laboratory Experience – in hospital / research lab setting.
Tissue/Cellular Pathology/Histology background.
Track record of user support in laboratory setting.
Customer support and working under pressure.
Must have Full (and clean) UK driving licence & car.
Desirable:

Platforms - Cobas 4000, 6000, 8000, pro or pure (or equivalent platform).
MSc Biomedical Science/Cellular Pathology.
Track record of troubleshooting experience.
Knowledge of CRM tools and their use.
Company:

Our client is a global pharmaceutical company with a major presence in the UK. Their purpose is to deliver life-changing medicines and to do this they are completely science-led and like to share this with the scientific, healthcare and business communities within the UK.

Location:

This role is field based, covering Scotland and the North of England.

Apply:

It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK. Please quote job reference (Apply online only) in all correspondence.

Please note: 

This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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