Laboratory Technician
Are you looking to make an impact through your work, every day.
Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott's Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.
The position of Laboratory Technician is within our Abbott Toxicology Laboratory located at Abingdon, Oxfordshire. This role will support the preparation of samples and production of results within the analytical section of the laboratory.
Job Specifics:
- Monday to Friday - 37.5hrs per week
- £12.05phr
- Temporary until end of November
- Fully on site - 5 days a week
- Hands on role
- Based in Abingdon - OX14
You should be excited about working in a fast-paced environment within a hard-working and welcoming team. The position offers a wide-range of opportunities to grow your technical and scientific knowledge, as well as analysing data, evaluating results and forming conclusions, and using your technical writing skills to produce reports and documents.
Main duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- To support the day to day work programme in the laboratory to agreed deadlines and quality standards.
- To assist in the maintenance and calibration of instrumentation and equipment used in the analytical processes.
- To assist in the preparation of reagents, calibration standards and control materials in accordance with the relevant SOPs.
- To assist in stock control to ensure adequate levels of reagents, chemicals and consumables are held in stock.
- To ensure the laboratory is kept clean and tidy to ensure a safe and efficient working environment.
- To assist in administration tasks (e.g. completing record forms, spreadsheets, filing, scanning) to support the laboratory.
- To aliquot samples into analyser racks maintaining a steady throughput to the screening laboratory, place processed samples onto the temporary storage racks.
- Demographic entry of donor details in a fast an accurate manner
- Clerical review of entered donor details
Job Requirements:
- Appropriate Science Degree
- Previous Laboratory experienace (Prefferable)
- Eligibility to Work in the UK
The ideal candidates will be a proactive individual who takes initiative and is able to work within a team. You will need to have good communication, analytical and time management skills, and be comfortable working in a fast-paced, changing environment.
If you are interested, please contact Sam Bunney on 01489 336322
Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
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