# Healthcare Scientist Associate Practitioner

**Company**: UK Health Security Agency
**Location**: Colindale, London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Salary**: £25651.00 to £27220.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Gastrointestinal Bacteria Reference Unit (GBRU) is a National Reference Laboratory that provides specialist and reference services for a range of gastrointestinal and foodborne bacterial pathogens. The role involves providing technical support within the Unit, ensuring that GBRU provides a national and international service in all aspects of the work of the Section. This includes molecular and conventional microbiological analysis on a range of foodborne bacterial isolates and clinical and environment specimens.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

- Providing technical support within the Unit

- Ensuring that both the service and non-service work of the unit is carried out in a safe, effective, timely manner and operates to a quality system

- Participating in research and development activities within GBRU

- Receiving, sorting, unpacking, labelling, and processing specimens in the laboratory

- Assisting in the provision of safe, timely, high-quality, and economical CL2 microbiological, serological, and molecular laboratory duties

- Undertaking DNA-based detection and typing for a range of pathogens

- Assisting in providing a flexible laboratory response to emergency public health needs

- Evaluating and implementing new techniques/methods to the unit that enhance effectiveness of the laboratory work

- Providing technical support to GBRU Reference Services

- Ensuring efficient running and contributing to routine maintenance of all equipment

- Being responsible for stock control of the Unit

- Carrying out performance checks on equipment

The ideal candidate will have:

- A level, T level, or NVQ Level 3 standard (or equivalent) in a Science subject

- Experience in working in a CL2 laboratory, including the use of bacteriology or molecular techniques

- Knowledge and understanding of laboratory safety requirements and procedures

- Well-developed physical skills, especially in the manipulation of pipettes and other laboratory equipment

- Good understanding of quality assurance principles and procedures

- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team

- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships

The salary for this role is £25,651 to £27,220 per annum.

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## Skills

### Required
- bacteriology
- molecular techniques
- laboratory safety
- quality assurance
- team work

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