Job id: 089425. Salary: £37,332 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.
Posted: 10 May 2024. Closing date: 26 May 2024.
Business unit: Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine. Department: Comprehensive Cancer Centre.
Contact details:Ms Amy Pope. [email protected]
Location: Guy’s Campus. Category: Professional & Support Services.
About us
We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Specialist Senior Technician to join an expanding translational laboratory to support clinical trial activities within King’s Health Partners (an Academic Health Sciences Centre for London).
The King’s Health Partners Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC) is one of 29 centres across the UK and specialises in new molecular and cellular cancer immunotherapies. The KHP ECMC has been awarded funding for a further 5-years to expand their trials portfolio, including agents discovered and developed by King’s College London researchers. With an extensive portfolio of early phase and translational clinical trials, there is an increasing requirement for tissue sampling and complex sample preparation.
The post is based within KHP Cancer Biobank, part of the School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
About the role
The successful candidate will support the ongoing expansion of trial-related sample handling and processing. This work requires effective monitoring, collection, and processing of patient samples in accordance with defined protocols. The postholder will have a broad knowledge and experience of sample handling and be to identify protocol non-compliance and troubleshoot as required.
The translational lab can be supporting 20 or more trials at any one time and the postholder will be responsible for delivering a reliable and accurate service. This requires well-developed organisation and planning skills.
The postholder will be required to communicate complex information clearly and concisely with the clinical trial team members and study sponsors.
Alongside clinical trial activities, the successful candidate will provide support to the Cancer Biobank. This will primarily involve processing biological fluids, which includes periods of more intense activity.
Both clinical trial and biobank activities are undertaken within a tightly regulated environment. The postholder will be required to actively participate in the quality management system. However, evolution of systems is encouraged to improve efficiency and sustainability.
Whilst sample collection should be scheduled in advance, a flexible approach is required as these may be at locations other than Guy’s Hospital and are dependent upon other Trust service providers. Hence, sample collection and processing may occur outside of core hours.
The post holder will be responsible to the Specialist Chief Technician and accountable to KCL Head of Biobanking.
This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered on a fixed term contract until 30.06.25.
About You
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria
Desirable criteria
Full details of the role and the skills and experience required, can be found in the attached job description which provided on the next page.
This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and/or Occupational Health clearances.
We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.
We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.
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