QC Associate Scientist

QC Associate Scientist

Location:

Basingstoke
Pay Rate: £14.14 per hour

Shifts:

Monday – Thursday 08:00–16:00 and Friday 08:00–14:30

The main function of a QC Associate Scientist is to perform microbiological quality control testing to ensure products meet safety and performance standards, supporting the company's mission to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

Working as part of our Microbiology Division (MBD), within the Specialty Diagnostics Group, you will play an active part in helping us to achieve our mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. The Microbiology Division discovers microbiological solutions for the diagnosis of infectious disease and detection of bacterial contamination. We serve public health, clinical laboratories, food companies, environmental screening and pharmaceutical laboratories with a portfolio of products that include culture media, antimicrobial susceptibility testing solutions and market-leading molecular solutions for food safety testing.

Carry out Quality Control Testing in accordance with Oxoid test specifications and methods. This will include but is not limited to:

• AST (Antibiotic susceptibility testing) disc testing
• Media Preparation
• Completing OOS reports and assisting with investigations
• Training records recorded and maintained
• Plan, track and control progress of products under test, and provide accurate availability dates to planning and customer services
• Alert QC Team Leader of potential problems/failures and assist with further investigation
• Ensure all test results are recorded within the SAP Quality Management module
• Equipment checks and audits
• Cleaning
• Waste management
• Consumable replenishing
• Use of autoclaves
• Ensure processes and procedures are carried out in accordance with laboratory SOPs and company Quality Systems
• To fulfill responsibilities as defined in Oxoid Health, Safety and Environmental policies and associated Codes of Practice, including reporting unsafe or unethical practices immediately through appropriate channels
• Participation in Daily Tier Board Meetings
• Monitoring, tracking and regularly reporting to manager on KPIs and performance goals and actively engaging in regular performance and development conversations and act on feedback

• Qualified educationally to a Level 6 equivalent in a Microbiology or related subject (or QBE). Someone studying towards Level 6 or equivalent will also be considered
• Good numeracy skills, and ability to read and follow methods / SOPs precisely
• Experience of QC testing within a microbiology laboratory environment and ideally experience using SAP and MS Office
• Experience in basic laboratory skills and techniques (pipetting, swabbing, streaking, pouring plates etc)
• Consistently demonstrates our 4i Values of Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement
• Puts the Customer First
• Thinks and acts with the customer always in mind and dedicated to meeting or exceeding customer expectations
• Owns their own results
• Takes personal accountability for daily presence, performance, and productivity and always exercises adherence to safety, compliance, quality, and security
• Finds a Better Way Every Day

This role will be for testing AST products, so experience with testing AST discs would be preferable.