Assistant Laboratory Diagnostician

ASSISTANT LABORATORY DIAGNOSTICIAN - INITIAL 6 months - INSIDE IR36

One of Loriens leading Public Sector clients are looking for 2 Assistant Laboratory Diagnosticians to join their team on an initial 6 month contract, this role is working full time on site in their Edinburgh based labs.

What do you want this assignment to achieve?
The requirement of this post is to carry out support level in glasshouse and laboratory work for the following items: receipt, preparation, processing, and statutory virus testing of plant samples in compliance with the standards for the production and trade of Scottish seed potatoes.

Main Duties of Role
Bullet point main duties (approx. 5) in order of time spent on work

• Providing support to the virology team for receipt, preparation, processing, and statutory virus testing of plant (potato) samples (leaf and tubers).
• Manual and glasshouse work: lifting and handling large bags of potatoes for planting, maintenance, sampling and testing of potato material.
• Working within a quality assurance laboratory management system compliant with UKAS requirements for accredited tests (ISO17025).

Any other Relevant Information
Full time post. On-site. Non-hybrid working pattern. Nature of the post: physical and technical nature, working in glasshouse and laboratory environment.

Hours of work:
35 hours weekly

Role Criteria
No mandatory qualifications. Previous experience in glasshouse or laboratory environment would be valuable.

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.