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Scientific Officer

Future Health Biobank
9 months ago
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We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Scientific Officer to join our team in our laboratory, with a starting salary of GBP23,000 per annum. This is a full-time role working 8am - 4pm Monday - Friday.

At Future Health Biobank, we are passionate about protecting the future health of children. Our focus is in two main areas: stem cell banking and genomics.

We are the largest stem cell bank in the UK and have been established for over 20 years.

We now have a vacancy for a Scientific Officer to join our team.

Key Responsibilities:

Sample Processing:

  • Aseptic processing of cord blood samples within the clean room
  • Aseptic processing of cord tissue samples within the clean room
  • Aseptic processing of tooth samples within the clean room
  • Donor blood serology and PCR testing
  • Ensuring environmental monitoring plates are incubated as per defined procedures and recording results
  • Performing flow cytometry analysis on cord blood, cord tissue, and dental pulp samples
  • Perform cord tissue sterility testing
  • Perform cord tissue post-thaw quality control testing
  • Perform dental pulp post-thaw quality control testing

Daily Equipment Monitoring and Laboratory Set-Up:

  • Set-up of clean room equipment and environment prior to use
  • Report any equipment faults immediately to the Laboratory Manager
  • Replenish clean room consumables and report any low stock levels to Laboratory Manager

External Qualification Programs (EQA):

  • Testing of flow cytometry samples for the EQA program

Periodic Facility/Equipment Maintenance and Calibration:

  • Environmental monitoring of clean room areas

Quality Management System:

  • To recognise the regulatory requirements for procurement, processing, testing, storage, and disposal of human samples by reading, understanding, and acknowledging the company policies and high-level documents assigned on Qpulse
  • To recognise the procedure requirements for processing, testing, storage, and disposal of human samples by reading, understanding, and acknowledging the standard operating procedures (SOPs) assigned on Qpulse
  • Ensuring the accuracy and validity of sample data generated through completion of equipment calibration and adherence to SOPs
  • Ensuring the traceability of all samples through confirmation of sample codes and adherence to SOPs
  • Raising of deviations for investigation by the Laboratory Manager
  • Updating SOPs as per the change control procedure to ensure completeness and accuracy.

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Bachelor's degree in a scientific subject or a minimum of two years equivalent experience
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Good computer literacy
  • Attention to detail
  • Ability to work as part of a team and independently
  • Ability to follow and adhere to written standard operating procedures

Terms & Benefits:

  • 37.5 hours per week
  • Starting salary of GBP23,000 per annum
  • 25 days holiday pro-rata

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