Are you looking for a varied role within the office/lab space?

Would you enjoy working as part of a team helping to research and deliver advances in medicine?

If so, a position as a Pre-Sample Preparation Technician within our animal house team at our site in Harrogate, North Yorkshire could be the role for you.

This role will be 70% office based, with 30% of your time based in the lab.

In this position, you will:-

• Prepare sample tracking forms for studies to be performed within the unit.

• Perform any combination of sample preparation tasks, including centrifugation, pipetting, and addition of reagents.

• Handle incoming samples from Animal House Operations, Necropsy and Pharmacology.

• Have a responsibility to conduct all work in compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, and specifically those regulations (GLP) specified in the study plans, protocols, or work agreements governing the work in which they are involved.

• Be able to exercise judgment in the receipt of samples where discrepancies have occurred, highlighting to responsible personnel, or resolving as they occur.

• Be able to adapt techniques to new procedures.

• Plan individual workload in collaboration with team members so that deadlines are met.

• Effectively schedule multiple assigned tasks.

• Demonstrate a knowledge and use of data systems - Nautilus, CMS (Covance Management System) etc

• Demonstrate effective communication skills and liaison with Technical Leads, Supervisors, Study Directors, and other members of staff within the department and from other departments.

This is a time pressured role, and we look for candidates who are hardworking, flexible and happy to "go the extra mile" for the benefit of the team. 

In return you?ll receive excellent career development opportunities, allowing you to develop into a number of exciting and varied potential career paths.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Hold a minimum of 5 GCSE?S A*-C including English and Maths

• Ideally, have some previous practical laboratory experience in a similar environment

• Have good communication skills and an ability to work within appropriate company procedures

• Have the ability to utilise word processing, databases, spreadsheets, and specialised software on personal computers.

Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer:

As an EOE/AA employer, Labcorp strives for diversity and inclusion in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications of the individual and do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy or other medical conditions/needs), family or parental status, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, personal appearance, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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