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NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
An opportunity has arisen for a Healthcare Science Practitioner Specialist, to join Laboratory Genetics, which forms part of the West of Scotland Centre for Genomic Medicine. The laboratory provides a high quality cytogenetic and molecular diagnostics service to the West of Scotland, population >2.7 million, and to the whole of Scotland through the Scottish Strategic Network for Genomic Medicine. The laboratory is based in the state of the art Laboratory Medicine building at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. You will join our team of >115 scientific and technical staff as a Practitioner Specialist within the Technical team. You will work as part of the technical team of the Laboratory Genetics department and will supervise and train staff in your area of responsibility.
You will be responsible for the day-to-day processing of patient specimens, performing laboratory tasks for a set of non-routine laboratory procedures, and will supervise technical work areas and perform service developments.
You should have a first or second class BSc (Hons) or equivalent in a relevant biological science with at least 3 years postgraduate experience in a genetics laboratory.
The shift pattern for this post is Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm.
Please note that Laboratory Genetics is not an IBMS Approved Training Laboratory
Informal Contact: Rachael Ellis, Deputy Head of Laboratory, Tel No: 0141 354 9312
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs
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