04/10/2024
🧪🔬Veterinary Laboratory Assistant 🧪🔬
Rase Vets is the largest independent Veterinary Centre in the area. We are looking to recruit a new team member to work alongside our Laboratory Veterinarian.
The successful candidate will be located at our Market Rasen hospital to facilitate in the technical and practical aspects of delivering a comprehensive service. This includes booking in, processing, labelling, cataloguing, storage and retrieval of samples.
The post holder will operate various analysers and instruments under supervision and will undertake other general laboratory routine and non routine tasks.
Location: Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
Hours: 40 hours per week (Tuesday to Saturday)
Salary: Meets National Minimum Wage
Job description:
🦠 Perform general sample reception and pre-analytical duties
🌡 Sort and distribute specimens
🧬 Assist in data processing within the laboratory
🦠Sort and distribute laboratory reports
🌡 Receipt, delivery, and storage of goods where appropriate
🧬Maintain a clean and efficient working area
🦠 Prepare appropriate solutions/reagents where necessary
🌡Remove and dispose of laboratory waste according to
departmental procedures
🧬 Be aware of and adhere to all current Health and Safety regulations
🦠 Ensure equipment required for the technical and practical aspects of delivering the laboratory service is maintained according to established laboratory procedures and manufacturer's recommendations. The successful candidate will be expected, after formal training, to carry out day to day maintenance of equipment or assist in the maintenance of equipment including calibration procedures, cleaning such instruments, and recording this appropriately. Report all faults to a senior member of staff immediately
🌡 Maintain appropriate stock levels of consumables required for the service delivery and produce supply orders for authorisation by the appropriate staff
🧬 Communicate effectively with the laboratory team and users of the service
🔬Biomed knowledge advantageous but not essential as full training will be provided 🔬
If you would like to be considered for this position, please send a covering letter and cv to [email protected]
Closing date for applicants 18th October 2024.