Pathology Technician
37.5 hours per week
Monday to Friday 8.30 am 5.00 pm
Our client is a contract research organisation with over 40 years experience in the conduct of non-clinical regulatory safety testing of toxicology studies for their world-wide client base. As a Silver Investor in People organisation, they are confident that they can offer a varied role, together with a good range of company benefits and excellent career progression. Their customers frequently complement them on their friendly, professional and high-quality service and they inject commitment and purpose into everything they do.
Department overview:
The Pathology Services team are responsible for carrying out the necropsy of animals, recording macroscopic abnormalities and the collection of tissues for subsequent microscopic examination to determine whether the test item has had any effect on the tissues.
Role description:
The role involves carrying out a number of varied necropsy and foetal pathology procedures. You must have a good standard of numeracy and literacy for this role and be able to follow instructions from a study plan and standard operating procedures.
You will receive training in all of the relevant techniques and procedures within the department. However, we are also interested in hearing from people who already have some experience too.
Main responsibilities:
Skills and experience:
All the usual health and safety standards apply in the laboratory and in addition, you will be trained to work to the highest standards of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). The client uses computers extensively in their work and expect familiarity with standard Microsoft Office program. Our clients industry leading training programme enable them to consider those who are seeking a career change, looking for their first career role, including applicants with or without laboratory experience as full training will be provided
Desirable skills and experience:
What they offer:
They can offer you first class training to support you in your career development whether you already have experience or whether this is your first professional role. They have a full range of company benefits as you would expect. They think its important to say thank you, so our client have a well-developed range of formal and informal recognition practices at company, team and individual level.