250476 (AP) Project Support Manager

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Job Title: Project Support Officer

Grade: Band 5

Location: Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

Contract Duration: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary Scale: £34,544 to £43,039 per annum

Applications are invited for a project support officer to join the Scottish microbiology reference laboratory Edinburgh. The fully UKAS accredited laboratory provides national Services for SARS-COV2, BBV, Mycobacteria, Shiga Toxin E coli, HPV and STIs. Applications are invited from those with good organisational skills and with a keen interest in and experience of Project support. Training in management skills is available where appropriate.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Head of the reference laboratories and the Healthcare Science Manager for Infection Sciences.

The department is well equipped using the latest technologies available to microbiology including Next Generation Sequencing and automation.

Informal enquiries to:
Lewis Stewart ()
Kate Templeton ()

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