Biomedical Laboratory Assistant

3 weeks ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom NHS Blood and Transplant Full time

**Job Summary**

Innovative cellular and molecular therapies are starting to transform the way we treat cancer and other life-threatening conditions. Through our network of state of the art facilities, we are at the forefront of developing and manufacturing these new therapies for early phase clinical trials. The delivery of these new therapies into the NHS builds on our extensive expertise supporting more established stem cell transplantation therapies for malignant and inherited haematological disorders.

Working within a dedicated team you will support the development and manufacture of life-saving cell and gene therapies and processing of stem cell transplants. To start with, we will provide you with an extensive induction and training programme.

You’ll provide vital support to qualified scientific staff as they undertake specialised work in our MHRA and HTA regulated laboratories. Specifically, that means preparing samples for testing or storage, performing stock management, carrying out basic maintenance on equipment and will be working regularly in a clean room environment.

NHS Blood and Transplant offer a dynamic and friendly working environment where teamwork is highly valued. Personal development is also considered a priority and is supported through extensive training and development opportunities open to all employees.

**Main duties of the job**
- You will be required to perform a range of routine and non routine tasks for issuing to hospitals the stem cell donations, with the support of your supervisor and other team members
- You will be responsible for data entry into Laboratory management systems
- You will be responsible for stock management and reporting
- You will be required to handle stem cell bags, cellular samples and a range of equipment
- You will be required to work in a clean room, following appropriate training, both unsupervised and while acting as support staff
- You will be required to manually handle equipment on a daily basis weighing up to 13 kgs, with or without mechanical aids, with appropriate training
- You will be working with very low temperatures for sample storage

**About You**

**Experience and Knowledge**
- Experience of working with Information Technology such as Microsoft Office

**Qualifications and Training**

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.

**About Us**

At NHS Blood and Transplant, we’re incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers.

It’s an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme.

Three small words, one big difference - **Caring, Expert** and **Quality**.

Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever

This vacancy will close at 23:59 on 29/01/2023



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