Research Technician/ Biobank Assistant

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom UCL Eastman Dental Institute Full time

About the role

The post of Research Technician / Biobank Assistant, funded by the Cancer Biomarker Centre, will support the day to day running of the Biobank, whilst also providing digital pathology (slide scanning) and clinical sample processing services within the CBC and PTTP. The post holder will be responsible for managing ethical applications to the Biobank and for maintaining communication with active biobank research teams. Other responsibilities will include retrieval, tracking, storage, and release of human tissues for research, scanning/ digitising histopathology slides, and processing a range of translational and clinical research samples.

Applications should include a CV and a Cover Letter: In the Cover Letter please evidence the essential and desirable criteria in the Person Specification part of the Job Description. (By including a Cover Letter, you can leave blank the 'Why you have applied for this role' field in the application form, which is limited in the number of characters it will allow.)

The position is funded for 1 years in the first instance with a proposed end date of June .

About you

The successful candidate will have excellent communication and organizational skills and will be able to work to applicable legislation around use of human tissues and clinical research.

The successful candidate must have a BSc in Biomedical Science or similar and experience working in a research laboratory and data management.

You must have the ability to follow SOPs or written work instructions and to maintain complete and accurate records and to work flexibly to adapt to changing priorities

Experience in administrative support in relation to HTA research projects and experience working with confidential data are desirable but not essential.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan On-Site nursery On-site gym Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance
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