Your role will be ensuring that all procedures are undertaken according to laboratory Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and the policies and procedures of the department.
You will work with other Support Staff to carry out the receipt, numbering, data entry, processing, and preparation of specimens (urine, swabs, faeces, sputa, and other body fluids and tissues) to aid the diagnosis and treatment of infectious disease working within the main Microbiology and patient testing laboratories.
The microbiology department comprises four disciplines or sections: Bacteriology, Serology, Mycology, and Molecular and handles approx. 366,000 specimens per year, of which 146,000 are covid samples. Service delivery is 24/7.
* Ensuring that all procedures are undertaken according to laboratory Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and the policies and procedures of the department.
* Support the scientific and technical work of qualified staff in the Microbiology main and near patient testing laboratories.
* Responsible for setting up and processing specified ELISA & Molecular Assays on automated equipment and for setting up antibiotic sensitivity tests under the supervision of BMS.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Cheryl Bailiss Job title: Deputy Laboratory Manager Email address: cheryl.borrows@nhs.net Telephone number: 01803 656895
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