BRF Research Scientist

4 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom The Francis Crick Institute Full time

Location: The Francis Crick Institute, Midland Road, London

Short summary

This role will be located within the Surgical Services Core. The Surgical Service is expected to provide advice & training on best practice in a variety of surgical techniques, together with the Named Veterinary Surgeon (NVS) & Named Training and Competency Officers (NTCOs). In addition, they will be expected to provide surgical support and complete provision of surgical techniques where appropriate to the science to assist in ensuring best animal welfare in surgery & therefore reliability & reproduction of scientific research.

Key Responsibilities

  • To participate across all areas of the Surgical service, and specialising in some key skills. Assisting other members of the team, as well as the wider BRF, to achieve the delivery of specialist services that support scientific research at the Crick.
  • Working closely with the Surgical Services Core Lead, the post holder will with experience be expected to assist in the day-to-day management and provision of the service.
  • To train and supervise other members of the team & more often, members of the research community at the Crick in best practice in surgical techniques.
  • To maintain records of their work for communication, for reporting and compliance, ensuring that their own scientific work and that of staff they supervise, is carried out accurately and efficiently, adhering to legal frameworks.
  • To report on the outcome of their work, collaborating with the wider team to address problems and make changes and improvements.
  • To develop a considerable knowledge base across all aspects of this work helping to improve and update techniques and protocols.
  • To carry out any other reasonable request from the Surgical Services Core Lead, Head of Training and Education, BRF Head of Operations and the Director of the BRF.

About us

The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.

An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL (University College London), Imperial College London and King's College London.

The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under in one building in Europe.

The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; developing emerging talent and exporting it the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy.

  • If you are interested in applying for this role, please apply via our website.
  • The closing date for applications is 06/09/2024
  • All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom.

From £36,210 with benefits, subject to skills and experience



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