Teaching Laboratory Coordinator - School of Pharmacy

Updated: over 1 year ago
Location: Adelaide Mail Centre, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: The position may have been removed or expired!

  • School of Pharmacy

  • HEW Level 6

  • Full-time, continuing position

  • Closing date 9 November at 11.00pm AEST (R-18697)

About This Opportunity 

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Teaching Laboratory Coordinator to join our world-leading School of Pharmacy. Our School of Pharmacy is one of the largest Schools of this type in Australia with over 50 academic staff (including joint appointments with the community, hospital and government pharmacies) who are widely published internationally and have extensive research backgrounds.

Located at Brisbane’s Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence (PACE), this is an exciting opportunity for you to join a premier laboratory and provide specialist technical support and subject matter expertise to enhance high quality teaching laboratory operations at the facility.

Key responsibilities will include: 

  • Ensure the overall effectiveness and currency of the School’s specialised teaching facilities, including laboratories, dispensing and clinical simulation rooms. 

  • Provide technical laboratory support and proactively advise academic staff and researchers around relevant and appropriate laboratory methods, equipment, quality assurance procedures, risk assessment and waste management.

  • Supervise the School's team of Scientific Officers and monitor performance, work allocation, training and ensure staff development is maintained.

  • Assist with the training and supervision of researchers and students conducting research activities.

  • Prepare, set up, clear away and/or dispose of chemicals, equipment, instruments and demonstrations.

  • Troubleshoot issues with experiments and equipment.

  • Guide and support students, researchers and other technical staff in testing and development projects, test work, set up and technical/equipment training.

  • Ensure a high standard of laboratory housekeeping, waste disposal, sample storage and management and chemical inventory management is implemented.

  • Maintain a full working knowledge of the methodologies and equipment utilised in the laboratories and clinical simulation teaching facilities.

  • Assist in the development of testing scientific procedures and methodologies, including analysis of the quality and acceptance of existing procedures.

  • Maintain, service, repair and calibrate equipment and resources.

  • Perform laboratory experiments and generate reports.

  • Assist with the development of the School’s teaching roster, including casual allocations for casual staff, and acting as an alternate administrator for the School’s casual payments tracking system.

Safety

  • Ensure a high standard of occupational health and safety, risks analysis/mitigation and standards and systems, including inductions, supervision, equipment training registers, administration of Laboratory/Facility Inventories, reporting and investigating injuries, incidents and hazards.

  • Monitor compliance with University laboratory requirements, including supporting laboratory audit processes and quarantine procedures, such as internal and external laboratory compliance checks.

  • Ensure safe design principles are applied to the activities of the Laboratory/Facility plant designed and manufactured in out Laboratories and clinical simulation facilities.

Operational and Administration

  • Coordinate laboratory equipment requests, maintain consumables and other items required to meet planned activities and undertake inventory functions, ensuring that periodic audit items and maintenance schedules are met.

  • Contribute to development of laboratory budget planning with regard to laboratory and clinical simulation family consumables, equipment, facilities maintenance and service contracts, as well as undertake procurement activities as required.

  • Assist with supervision of casual teaching staff.

  • Liaise with internal and external clients.

Education

  • In conjunction with discipline-based academic staff, develop and maintain undergraduate teaching activities in all specialised teaching faculties to satisfy learning objectives for undergraduate courses, including: determining requirements for the preparation/conduct of classes; the development and testing of new practicals and participation in tutor training.

  • Assist with distribution, handling and administration of teaching related materials such as practical notes and examination papers.

  • Assist with preparations for and participate in the outreach activities, information sessions and workshops for schools and other external organisations.

This role is subject to The University’s Code of Conduct .  

About You  

We are seeking a highly experienced Laboratory Technician and Coordinator to apply their subject matter expertise and advanced knowledge to support the laboratory operation at PACE.

Our ideal candidate will possess:

  • Completion of a relevant degree in Science or a related discipline with subsequent experience in coordinating facilities or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.

  • Demonstrated laboratory knowledge and skills encompassing a range of laboratory equipment.

  • Demonstrated knowledge in the discipline of Pharmacy and knowledge of relevant courses and programs of study plus an understanding of the range of research activities performed in the Facility/Laboratories, or the capability to quickly acquire such knowledge.

  • High level of scientific rigour, accuracy and attention to detail.

  • Ability to test and troubleshoot new and existing scientific experiments.

  • Excellent knowledge of the major areas of laboratory safety such as safety data sheets (SDS), chemical and drug labelling and risk assessment.

  • Excellent social, interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.

  • Experience in the day-to-day maintenance and management of a laboratory.

  • Experience in forward planning, prioritising tasks and meeting deadlines.

  • Detailed knowledge of legislative requirements and operating procedures for major areas of laboratory safety such as quarantine procedures, waste disposal, labelling and risk assessment.

What We Can Offer 

This is a full-time (1FTE), continuing position at HEW Level 6. 

The full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range of $82,399 - $88,503 plus super of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be in the range of $96,407 - $103,549 per annum.

The following flexible employment options may be available for this role: some working from home; variable start or finish times. 

For further information about UQ’s benefits, please visit Why Work at UQ and review The University of Queensland's Enterprise Bargaining Agreement 2018 - 2021 . 

 
Questions? 

To discuss this role please contact Andrew Simpson (School Manager, School of Pharmacy) via email at [email protected] .  

For application queries, please contact [email protected] stating the job reference number in the subject line. 
 

Want to Apply? 

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

  • Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section  

  • Resume 

Please note that you will be asked to add all documents into the one upload box labelled ‘resume’, which is step one of the application form.

Other Information 

Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.  

We value diversity and inclusion, and actively encourage applications from those who bring diversity to the University. Our Diversity and Inclusion webpage contains further information if you require additional support. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to [email protected]

If you are a current employee of the University, or hold an unpaid or affiliate appointment with the University, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.



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