Medical Laboratory Scientist (Molecular Laboratory) - #1096576

Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing hospital diagnostic laboratory involved in the detection of infections using molecular diagnostics, a rapidly growing field. You will be involved in developing, evaluating and performing routine and specialized molecular tests, staff training and supervision, quality improvement and laboratory management duties.

Requirements

• PhD in Microbiology, Molecular Biology or equivalent

• MSc in Microbiology, Molecular Biology or equivalent

• BSc (Hons) in Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Life Sciences or equivalent with at least 3 years work experience using molecular techniques or at least 6 years experience in a diagnostic laboratory.

• Candidate should have experience in developing molecular tests, e.g. polymerase chain reaction.

• Experience using and developing microbial tests using next generation sequencing is an advantage