Lims Administrator

LIMS Administrator

18 month Contract

Salary up to 40000

Location: Leamington Spa

Key Skills: BSc Honours degree in a biological science or IT qualification with proven laboratory experience and Knowledge of medical diagnostic testing, particularly PCR.

The LIMS Administrator will be responsible for minor updates to workflow and report templates, managing new entity records according to master data templates and collating and reporting key performance indicators to business stakeholders.

The LIMS Administrator would be expected to perform the following duties: - Support laboratory management and laboratory users in respect of LIMS functionality, day to day operational issue management, onboarding and training in respect of the end-to-end clinical diagnostics workflow for COVID testing.

Provide first line support to users and management in respect of LIMS operations, functionality, data flow and reporting.

Track and manage support issues in a consistent way leveraging the helpdesk tools, issue management process and business issue prioritisation.

Manage and drive interactions with the LIMS and other Core Lab IT vendors to escalate, investigate and resolve support issues and product feature requests.

Work closely with the IT team to ensure users have the right tools and equipment to access LIMS inside and outside the lab and service level agreement are maintained.

Coordinate with the core lab equipment and IT team to support the integration of laboratory equipment to the LIMS system and ensure operational efficiency.

Work with the quality team to ensure good change control, release management and documentation to maintain the validate state of the LIMS system and enhance and improve the lab processes over time.

Supporting the writing of documents for troubleshooting, standard operating procedures and work instructions.

Data entry and upkeep to maintain the integrity of LIMS for equipment, operators and locations

Essential

BSc Honours degree in a biological science or IT qualification with proven laboratory experience.

**Experience**:

- Proven track record in software management or super-user experience.
- Knowledge of medical diagnostic testing, particularly PCR.
- Previous experience within a laboratory environment
- Expert use of database and data analysis tools.
- Experience in software training or practical demonstration
- Good communication skills and personal organisation.
- High level of attention to detail