Job Description
Job title: Senior Scientist (NGS/Next Sequencing team)
Reports to: NGS Team Leader
Location: Manchester Science Park
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Salary & Benefits: Competitive Salary + Benefits Package
About Yourgene Health:
Yourgene Health is a leading integrated technologies and services business, enabling the delivery of genomic medicine. The group works in partnership with global leaders in DNA technology to advance diagnostic science.
Yourgene primarily develops, manufactures, and commercialises simple and accurate molecular diagnostic solutions for reproductive health, precision medicine and infectious diseases.
Description of role:
Yourgene Health, part of Novacyt Group, is recruiting for a Senior Scientist within our NGS/Next Sequencing team based at Manchester Science Park. A significant opportunity exists for an enthusiastic, creative, and organized Senior Scientist to design, develop, verify and validate in vitro diagnostic products and services based on next sequencing platforms, as well as performing general laboratory maintenance activities.
Overall responsibility:
The individual will be a highly motivated, intellectually engaged, and dynamic team member able to work closely within a matrixed environment. The Senior Scientist will work closely with team members to maintain research operations by planning, execution, analysis, and documentation of experiments to the highest standard.
Key areas of responsibility:
* Being a creative, dynamic, and driven scientist with an eagerness to learn new techniques and to be actively involved with continuous improvement.
* Execute laboratory operations through the day-to-day planning, execution, analysis, and documentation of experiments to the highest standard with meticulous attention to detail.
* Contribute to the daily maintenance and running of the laboratory environments.
* Work collaboratively within teams to create high-quality products and processes meeting key user needs and to ensure a safe and efficient laboratory environment.
* Provide scientific expertise and technical leadership on projects, as well as planning tactical delivery in functional area.
* Lead and participate in activities requiring cross-functional collaboration, including leading complex projects.
* Create, maintain and improve laboratory SOPs, as well as systems and process SOPs.
* Ensure planning and reporting of studies and work-packages is accurate and detailed.
* Support and provide guidance to junior staff.
Qualifications, Skills and Abilities:
* Degree or further degree (or equivalent) in a life science such as molecular biology, biochemistry or genetics.
* Typically, 5+ years of relevant experience.
* Experience in the development, verification and validation of molecular diagnostic assays using NGS technologies.
* Hands-on experience with at least two molecular biology-based assays and techniques.
* Strong data analysis and interpretation skills.
* Ability to think analytically and troubleshoot.
* Understanding and experience of multiple NGS platforms including long and short read sequencing technologies.
* Good written and verbal communication skills.
Closing Date:
Sunday 1st December, 2024
Yourgene Health is committed to encouraging equality among our workforce.
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