Assistant Scientific Officer

1 month ago


Carmarthen, United Kingdom Animal and Plant Health Agency Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 322749**Salary**:

- £22,150- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Administrative Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- APHA - Science - Surveillance and Laboratory Services Department**Type of role**:

- Science**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 3Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- CarmarthenAbout the job

**Job summary**:
The purpose of the job is to be a member of a team carrying out sample testing to establish the diagnosis of animal disease, monitoring animal health, screening for incursion of exotic disease, and performing statutory testing. A wide variety of tests are undertaken utilising serology, microbiology, parasitology.

The post holder will be required to:

- Test submissions using scientific techniques
- Work to Agency safety and quality standards
- Provide support and undertake duties on behalf of local Quality and Safety managers

Two of these posts are full-time only, the second post is part-time, working Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

**Job description**:
Laboratory scientists are required to gain a high level of competency in all technical disciplines undertaken at the laboratory, and are required to work in different areas of the laboratory involving different disciplines on a rotational basis to provide testing cover where it is needed., Laboratory staff may be required to provide support to veterinary colleagues in the post mortem room taking samples for testing, preparing cultures from carcases, viscera or clinical material and may also be required to assist on farm visits to help with sampling, recording and other work as required.

**Gamma Interferon duties**:

- Ensure all samples received for gamma testing are processed as efficiently as possible
- Ensure reagents and consumables records are maintained
- Register submissions on to the LIMS system
- Stimulation of high volumes of whole blood samples
- Carry out ELISA testing
- Data entry of sample information

**Parasitology Duties**:
Carrying out parasitological techniques for the identification and enumeration of various ecto and endoparasites. These include:

- Speciation of coccidial Oocysts
- Detection of eggs of Haemonchus spp using FITC labelled peanut agglutinin
- Giardia Cysts
- Fluke egg demonstration by faecal sedementation
- Identifying Faecal nematode eggs and coccidial oocysts
- Isolation of Lungworm larva from faeces by the Baermann technique
- Worm counting of the ruminent alimentary tract
- Diagnosis of Dirofiliaria immitis, microfillariae, Canine and Feline heartworm, by filtration technique
- Preparation of reagents, sterile/clean equipment
- Staining for specific organisms, such as Cryptosporidia

**Post-mortem Room Duties**:

- To assist Veterinary colleagues in taking samples for testing
- Preparation and reading of smears
- Storage and archiving and retention of samples
- Dispatching of samples for processing to other locations
- Disposal and manual handling of carcass waste

**Health and safety**:

- Contributing to a positive safety culture by following Agency safety policies and procedures
- Understanding and following controls in Risk Assessments
- Ensuring equipment maintenance duties are carried out in all areas of the laboratory
- Participate in contingency exercises and other safety training
- Participate in safety audits/ inspections to support the local safety manager

**Quality**:

- Accurate record keeping
- Working to Standard Operating Procedures
- Working to quality standards (ISO 17025)
- Participate in proficiency testing schemes
- Participate in audits to support the local quality manager

**Administration Support**

To assist with general administrative duties within the centre and across the wider Department to include telephone duties, use of APHA bespoke IT systems, dealing with enquiries etc.

**Outbreak Response**

Flexible to adapt to changing situations within the Regional Laboratory and prepared to support other parts of APHA in the event of an outbreak.

**Person specification**:
**Required experience**:

- Experience in a laboratory environment
- Experience of Microsoft Office software

A valid full driving licence is necessary or access to an alternative means of transport.

Due to access requirements to biosecure areas, individuals must be physically able.

Out of hours work may be required in the event of an incident.

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Making Effective Decisions
- Delivering at Pace
- Working Together
- Making Effective Decisions

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £22,150, Animal and Plant Health Agency contributes £5,980 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.- Learning and



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