Media Services Operative (Rotation)

This is a rotational role between the sections mentioned below; in each section the role will have key responsibilities.

Central Technical Discard (CTD), responsible for laboratory waste management and sterilisation of products and consumables on the Colindale site. Involves the collection of contaminated Hazard Group 2 laboratory waste from agreed central locations and its transportation to a centralised autoclave suite for thermal destruction. Sorting of treated waste material into various workstreams; re-cyclable material are washed and non-recyclable waste material packaged appropriately for collection and removal off site. The team is responsible for the processing and sterilisation of equipment used in laboratory testing and work closely with the Production section in ensuring bulk production material is processed through the product sterilisation autoclaves.

Production section is responsible for the production of ready-to-use culture media and ancillary reagents, in various formats, including its distribution to onsite, an some off-site, laboratories for the application in public health, clinical microbiology, food microbiology or industrial uses. The team provides adistributor function for the ordering, receipt and delivery of commercial pre-poured media plates as required by laboratories on-site. This element of thedepartment holds ISO9001:2015 certification, assessed via external inspections., This is a rotational role between the sections in Media Services; in each section the role will have key responsibilities. Frequency of rotation will be a set periodto provide stability and continuity for both staff and the departments overall functioning. However, if required, staff will be expected to move/cover activitiesto manage any business-critical impacts. Departmental tasks involve a lot of repetitive activities ie aliquoting, labelling, as well as frequent manual handlingactivities ie lifting, shifting and pushing of heavy loads.

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