Laboratory Manager

1 week ago

Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom University of Glasgow Full time

Job Purpose

To provide strategic leadership to the University of Glasgow's Veterinary Diagnostic Service, overseeing the management of three infectious disease laboratories and ensuring the delivery of high-quality diagnostic services. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing and implementing new diagnostic methods, collaborating with research scientists and commercial companies, and contributing to the management of the diagnostic service and the University as a whole.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

  1. Assume responsibility for the planning, management, and operation of the technical service, encompassing oversight of bacteriology, parasitology, and virology diagnostic laboratories.
  2. Manage a rapid and efficient service, ensuring accurate testing and reporting of samples from internal and external veterinarians and institutions, including quality assurance control throughout.
  3. Use specialist technical knowledge and experience to develop and deliver the infectious disease service in the face of an ever-changing veterinary diagnostic marketplace.
  4. Innovatively utilize specialist resources in the field of companion animal diagnostics, formulating new methods with improved sensitivity and accuracy to enhance the testing portfolio of the service.
  5. Collaborate with the academic head of infectious disease to develop collaborations with research scientists and commercial companies on both scholarly and commercial projects.
  6. Manage the diagnostic laboratory budget, monitoring spending and taking remedial action should budget limits be exceeded.
  7. Develop and improve the capacity of staff within the infectious disease laboratories, integrating the three disciplines into an effective and efficient service unit.
  8. Contribute to the management of the diagnostic service and the University as a whole through membership of relevant committees and groups.
  9. Determine priorities and allocate resources to meet planned objectives of the infectious disease service and the requirements of the entire veterinary diagnostic service.
  10. Deliver teaching and training, imparting knowledge, skill, and guidance in a specialist area to undergraduate and postgraduate students, scientists, clinical scholars, nurses, and technical staff.

Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills, and Experience

Essential

  • A degree or equivalent in a related subject.
  • Working knowledge of diagnostic virology, bacteriology, and parasitology, sufficient to manage staff in each of these areas.
  • Knowledge of relevant health and safety issues as well as University policies and procedures.

Desirable

  • A postgraduate qualification in Biological Sciences or Virology/Microbiology.
  • Extensive theoretical and practical knowledge/skills in a wide range of diagnostic and research techniques within virology; molecular biology techniques, tissue culture, assays, and virus purification.

Skills

  • An ability to interpret diagnostic findings and develop novel test modalities.
  • Capacity to think strategically, integrating commercial laboratory activities with research opportunities.
  • Ability to impart knowledge and expertise through training of commercial partners and international scientists.
  • Ability to independently devise, execute, and interpret experimental work, using specialized equipment and resources.
  • Excellent organizational, planning, and problem-solving skills, together with communication and supervisory abilities.
  • Extensive IT skills, including expert systems such as Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS).

Experience

  • Significant diagnostic laboratory experience.
  • Experience of working independently.
  • Extensive practical experience in molecular and serological testing, along with classical virology, bacteriology, or parasitology.
  • Extensive IT experience, focusing on scientific application software and expert systems.

Terms and Conditions

The University of Glasgow offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including a pension scheme and access to a range of employee benefits. The successful candidate will be a member of a world-changing, inclusive community that values ambition, excellence, integrity, and curiosity.

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