Lead Biological Safety Specialist

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom The Francis Crick Institute Full time

Lead Biological Safety Specialist

Short summary

The Biological Safety Manager is a post within the Safety, Health and Sustainability (SHS) team at the Crick Institute. The team provides SHS advice and oversight to the Crick Institute so as to ensure the Institute remains legally compliant and meets its SHS policy objectives. The team reports via the Director of SHS to General Counsel of the Crick Institute. The SHS holds its own budget and has its own specific safety management responsibilities as well the wider role described above.

Key Responsibilities

  • Operational management of Containment level 3 & 4
  • Oversight of primary and secondary Containment level 2 areas
  • Supervise the safe fumigation of Containment equipment and facilities
  • Liaison with Regulators, participation in Regulatory intervention visits and managing the implementation of subsequent follow up actions.
  • Act as licence holder for work under the Specified Animal Pathogens Order (SAPO).
  • Line managing the Biological Safety Manager and Biological/ Radiation Technician.
  • Developing, writing, reviewing and updating Policy, Code of Practice and Standard Operating Procedure /guidance documents.
  • Design and Deliver Safety inductions (staff/contractors and other visitors).
  • Active promotion of a positive health and safety culture within the Crick.
  • Providing specific biological training (to in house staff/FM staff and visiting workers).
  • Review, and where applicable approve, biological risk assessments; this includes the assessment of the activities planned and the evaluation of the controls proposed to ensure these are suitable and sufficient and in line with legal and Crick requirements.
  • Countersigning Permits to Work in Containment level 3 & 4 areas for maintenance purposes.
  • Countersigning Permits to Work in other primary and secondary laboratory space
  • Attend Biological and Radiological Safety Committee meetings
  • Conduct inspections and audits

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 22/11/2022
  • All offers of employment are subject to successful security screening and continuous eligibility to work in the United Kingdom
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