Eurofins Biomnis is the leading independent provider of medical laboratory testing services in Ireland. Through our ISO 15189 accredited laboratories in Sandyford, Dublin we employ more than 350 skilled staff and we offer over 3,500 clinical tests to provide medical professionals with actionable information vital to diagnosing, treating, monitoring and preventing human disease. In 2022, we performed over 4 million tests for health care providers throughout the country.
Eurofins Pathology, a part of Eurofins Scientific Group is the leading independent provider of medical laboratory services in Ireland and part of one of the largest medical laboratory groups in Europe. The laboratory provides a full laboratory service from wet tissue receipt, through technical processing and specialist reporting by a team of Consultant Histologists.
We are part of Eurofins Scientific Group.
We now require a:
Medical Scientist in Histology
What we offer:
As an employer, we’re keen to look after our people with as much dedication as they look after our clients and their colleagues. Our employees attend regular equality conversations and workshops on diversity, inclusion and belonging. We offer very competitive salaries, flexible working hours, 27 days annual leave entitlement, excellent training and exceptional career prospects. You will receive a very attractive salary and overall benefits package which includes: Higher Education Policy, Health Insurance, Life Assurance, Income Protection, Pension Scheme, Eurofins Employee Referral Programme, Bike to Work and you will be part of the company’s Annual Bonus scheme. We’re a growing and ambitious company, so there is huge potential here to develop with us and enjoy fantastic rewards in your career.
We are currently seeking to recruit a Medical Scientist to join our team in our Histology Department at the Eurofins Pathology in Sandyford, Dublin 18.
Reporting to the Chief Medical Scientist and an integral part of the department’s team, the successful candidate will have practical experience in Cellular Pathology and the relevant histology knowledge. As a competent experienced medical scientist with a flexible approach to work, you will be required to rotate through all the functions of a histopathology laboratory including cut–up/dissection, embedding, microtomy (manual and automatic) and routine and special stains.
This is an excellent opportunity for a professional with excellent histopathology skills and ability to work in a team to help continue the development of our company.
Main Responsibilities:
- To assist Eurofins in maintaining a high standard in medical testing.
- Provide support to clients and colleagues to ensure a first-class service.
- To maintain and enhance their professional knowledge and skills as required.
- Work with colleagues to contribute towards the continuous improvement of the department.
- Demonstrate behaviour consistent with the mission and values of Eurofins.
- Assist in the organisation of workload, prioritising tasks to ensure the effective running of the department.
- Observe the strictest confidence when dealing with all aspects of patient and Company information
Specific Tasks:
- Use of Laboratory Information Management Systems in place in the laboratory.
- Be aware and compliant with of all the documentation related to your Department to include - Training record, SOP’s, Forms.
- To help achieve short and long-range departmental goals & objectives.
- To participate in method development and implementation of new techniques.
- To advise of any equipment failures or problems encountered in the course of carrying out his/her duties.
- Routine duties as required to ensure patient results are delivered in a timely manner.
- Assist in the completion of the daily work including work files.
- Reagent preparation.
- Assist in maintaining stock levels of reagents and consumables.
- Sample preparation and analysis in accordance with SOP’s.
- QC result data entry.
- Maintenance of instrumentation.
- Clean/disinfect working areas daily.
- Demonstrate Good Laboratory Practice.
Education
- Candidates must be able to provide evidence that they are fully registered to practice as a Medical Scientist, by the state agency CORU, providing CORU Registration Number
- Bachelor Degree in Biomedical Science
Experience
Typically 1 year in a similar role, but not mandatory (can be trained in-house post qualification)
Skills and Abilities
- A diligent, strong work ethic with the ability to work on your own initiative to ensure an outstanding laboratory service.
- Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.
- A proven team player who will enjoy working with and supporting a close-knit team of dedicated professionals
Additional Information
Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.
In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 47,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.
In 2022, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR €6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.
Your data:
As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.
Eurofins Pathology (Eurofins Biomnis) is an Equal Opportunities Company.
