- Lab Operations: Coordinate daily activities within Clinical Biology labs, ensuring all spaces are clean, safe, and fully operational.
- Technical Support: Provide expert advice and "hands-on" assistance to students and staff regarding lab practices and equipment.
- Maintenance: Ensure all laboratory instrumentation is serviced, calibrated, and documented according to preventative maintenance plans.
- Documentation: Develop and maintain essential lab records, including SOPs, SWIs, chemical registers, and Risk Assessments.
- Academic Support: Partner with academic staff to prepare materials, reagents, and equipment for practical classes and activities.
- Safety & Compliance: Implement and uphold strict OHS standards, ensuring all users complete necessary inductions and follow safety protocols.
- Aseptic Technique: Mastery of sterile conditions, biosafety cabinets, and contamination prevention.
- Microbial Culture: Expert in streak/spread plating, inoculations, and quantification (serial dilutions).
- Cell Culturing: Experience with mammalian cell lines (adherent/suspension), media formulation, cryopreservation, and mycoplasma testing.
- Microscopy: Proficient in brightfield microscopy, Gram staining, and differential staining.
- Communication: Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Tertiary qualifications in Microbiology, Cell Culture, Biological Sciences, or a related discipline.
- A valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) is mandatory.
- Experience in a tertiary teaching laboratory is highly preferred.
- Experience with ELISA and Immunofluorescence assays.
- Molecular biology techniques (DNA/RNA extraction, QRT-PCR, Western Blotting).
- Knowledge of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) frameworks.
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
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