Assistant Laboratory Scientist - Fixed Term

at  National Veterinary Services Limited

ASSISTANT LABORATORY SCIENTIST - FIXED TERM

Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire
Part-time 24 hours per week | 8am - 2pm Tuesday to Friday.
This is a great opportunity to work in our Poulton laboratory within our Microbiology department.
NationWide Laboratories, as an independent veterinary diagnostic laboratory, are dedicated to the improvement of animal health through direct support of veterinary practices in the UK and worldwide. We have been delivering service for over 30 years. NationWide Laboratories is a trading entity of National Veterinary Services Ltd. (NVSL).

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

· Suitable, relevant qualification.
· Excellent attention to detail.
· Good interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal.
· Strong organisational skills.
· Team player.
· Questions practices and improves.
· Highly customer focused.
· Highly motivated.
· Computer literate.
Successful applicants will be required to disclose any unspent criminal convictions to the Company. A DBS check may be carried out in compliance with Home Office guidelines. Applicants should be aware that with in line with our Drugs and Alcohol policy random tests are carried out.
NVSL is committed to equality of opportunity and this underpins our employment and recruitment procedures. We use objective, job-related criteria when making appointment decisions and our selection criteria is based on skills, experience, qualifications and an ability to do the job.
Due to the large number of applications we receive, we regret that we will not contact candidates that have not been selected for interview. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks, you should assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.
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Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Expected hours: 24 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay

Application question(s):

• What is your salary expectation?

Work Location: In perso

· Sample reception
· Identify and prepare samples for analysis.
· Processing of food, water and environmental samples.
· Use of the Matrix LIMS system and data entry
· Data checking.
· Reception and booking in of stock and reagents.
· Maintaining and correct use of lab. Equipment – under minimal supervision.
· Making reagents/media.
· Carryout Lab tests and review results based on appropriate experience level
· Recording of temperatures – Fridge/freezers, incubators etc
· Environmental monitoring
· Identify own development needs
· General laboratory housekeeping
· Adherence to written Standard Operating Procedures, Quality Controls and Health and Safety rules
· Works flexibly and collaboratively
· Testing of EQA and EQA scheme submission under minimal supervision
· Adopts role model behaviour, values and beliefs
· Plan own workload in association with the Head of Department