UK Cambridge Scientist - IVD, Immunoassays

Job Title:               Scientist - Assay Development

Key skills:             IVD, Immunoassays

Location:               Cambridge, UK

Duration:               Permanent

My client is an early stage, funded, in-vitro diagnostic company designed to deliver distributed diagnostics, with centralized data and real-time results. The goal is to develop and market point of care devices and disposables for the physician’s office laboratory. My client will create high quality, low cost systems designed to revolutionize patient care by providing real-time patient test results to the physician during the period of a patient’s clinical visit. Their technology will set a new standard of healthcare.

They are looking for a Scientist for their newly created Advanced Technology Development team. This team focuses on carrying out feasibility studies to increase the company’s breadth of menu, especially in the areas of clinical chemistry and immunodiagnostics, and to enhance the organizations technology portfolio. The successful candidate will work in a multidisciplinary team to develop new assays for their novel Point of Care system.

My client offers a stimulating professional environment in a dynamic, execution oriented organization. The position provides an excellent salary and benefits package including participation in the company’s stock ownership plan.

Responsibilities

This position is a practical laboratory based role that provides support to the Advanced Technology Development’s Senior Scientists and Directors. The position will involve the planning and execution of both routine and non-routine experiments using commercial and custom-built laboratory equipment. The skills and judgment of the successful candidate will significantly impact the completion of milestone-based assay development goals.

The successful candidate will:-

• As part of a team and under the direction of the team’s Senior Scientists and Directors, plan and execute experiments to determine the feasibility of clinical chemistry and immunoassays on my client's platform.

• Liaise with multidisciplinary teams in the company

• Maintain laboratory equipment to ensure compliance with cGLP and cGMP.

• Maintain laboratory notebooks, SOPs and other Quality System documents.

Qualifications, Experience and Personal Attributes

• BS or MS degree in a Life Sciences discipline.

• A minimum of 3 years experience in a commercial environment, preferably in the IVD industry

• Excellent laboratory skills and the ability to take concepts and transform them into well defined experimental procedures

• Knowledge of clinical chemistry and immunoassay methods is a must. Basic knowledge of electrochemistry is a plus.

• Strong communication skills and IT literacy are required.

• An enthusiastic self starter is required for this role.

Please email a word version of your cv quoting Ref. No. 7b01g and call any time +44 (0)20 8224 9006

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