Laboratory Assistant - Abingdon, Oxfordshire
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Location:
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
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Job Views:
7
Posted:
03.03.2025
Expiry Date:
17.04.2025
Job Description:
Job Details
Laboratory Assistant
Monday to Friday - 8am to 4pm
Contract until end of November - Not guaranteed to go perm
Salary: £23,500 per annum - £12.05 per hour PAYE
No Lab Experience needed, good computer skills, admin, data entry.
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 Assistant is within our Toxicology Business Unit located at Abingdon, UK. The main purpose of the role is to receive, unpack and accession samples for analysis, providing the screening laboratory with sample aliquots in a timely manner.
Responsibilities:
* To ensure that all samples are handled according to current Standard Operating Procedures and to a strict Chain of Custody, providing all relevant sample information to the rest of the company.
* Conform with appropriate safety standards under The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
* Work in accordance with the current documented Standard Operating Procedures. Abbott Toxicology is an ISO 9001 and ISO 17025 certified laboratory.
* Preparation of hair and oral fluid samples for analysis, within agreed timeframes.
* Ensure all equipment used is within current specifications including calibration and maintenance requirements.
* Accurate data entry, including relevant scanning and archiving.
* Logging 'discrepancy' samples and liaising with Customer Services to resolve any issues efficiently and promptly.
* Sample storage and logging.
* Adherence to quality systems, including review and amendment of relevant SOPs as necessary.
* Carry out tasks as directed by the Analytical Support Team Leader and to provide feedback on any problems, working to assist in their resolution.
* Continue to participate in training programmes across Laboratory Operations to develop themselves and to increase their breadth of understanding of the function of Operations as a whole.
* In addition to the above, the role of the laboratory assistant may also extend to include responsibilities such as laboratory maintenance, including preparation of solutions and stock count, ensuring laboratory cleanliness and maintenance of a safe and pleasant work environment, basic systems maintenance, assisting in the preparation of Risk Assessments, and actively contributing to the achievement of TAT (> 98% of all samples to be delivered within target TAT).
* Development of knowledge of customer account set-up and ability to troubleshoot related sample problems.
* Identification of process improvement possibilities.
Please let me know if this is something that you would be interested in and ensure you meet the above requirements. I will schedule a suitable time to connect with you and brief you further on the role. You can also refer any of your friends/colleagues who are looking for a job or job change with relevant experience, and I will get in touch with them.
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Created on 03/03/2025 by TN United Kingdom
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