Company Description

Eurofins Biomnis is the leading independent provider of medical laboratory testing services in Ireland.

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.

As an employer, we’re keen to look after our people with as much dedication as they look after our clients and their colleagues. We are a diverse company with 31 nationalities, encouraging inclusiveness and instilling a sense of belonging to all our colleagues. In the spirit of supporting and improving the health and well-being of our employees, building resilience, confidence and compassion through education and activities, our "Wellbeing Committee" was founded. "The Wellbeing Committee" plans activities, promotes participation, represents employees from all organizational levels, and creates and maintains open lines of communication between wellness committees and employees.

We now require an:

Associate Practitioner Histology

We are currently seeking to recruit an Associate Practitioner to join our team in our Histology Department at the Eurofins Pathology in Sandyford, Dublin 18. An ambitious professional looking to grow their Histology career with us. Training and development support will be given to you to help your progression within the organisation.

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 offer very competitive salaries, flexible working hours, excellent training, exceptional career prospects. You will receive a very attractive salary and overall benefits package which includes: Higher Education Policy, Health Insurance, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), 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.

Job Description

The Associate Practitioner works in the areas of routine histology processing.

The Associate Practitioner works under direct supervision when training in the microtomy, block check, embedding, and immunohistochemistry set-up benches. Direct supervision means a trained and competent Medical Scientist is in direct proximity to the Associate Practitioner trainee. After completing a training program and being deemed competent by the Chief Medical Scientist and the Consultant Head of Department, or their deputy, the trainee may perform microtomy, embedding, block check, and immunohistochemistry set-up under indirect supervision. Indirect supervision means a trained and competent Medical Scientist is on site and is available should the Associate Practitioner need their guidance. Remote supervision is reserved for immunohistochemistry set-up. Once an Associate Practitioner is trained and deemed competent in the set-up of the immunohistochemistry processor, any queries they may have may be answered remotely (i.e. via telephone) by a trained and competent Medical Scientist.

The Associate Practitioner may perform clerical and laboratory aide duties. These duties do not require the same level of supervision as when performing duties in routine histology processing.

You will also support the delivery of a quality laboratory service in compliance with the requirements of international standard ISO 15189 in the Histology laboratory.

Qualifications

Education

• Relevant science diploma / degree or have completed the state exams qualification requirements in country of training

Experience

• Typically previous experience in similar role but not mandatory (can be trained in-house post qualification)

Skills and Abilities

• Candidates must have the personal competence and capacity to properly discharge the duties of the role

Working Hours: 37.5 hours p/w

Salary Range: €34,000 - €45,000

Additional Information

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, which provides a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries. The Group believes it is the world leader in food, environment, 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 for supporting clinical studies. In addition, Eurofins is one of the leading global emerging players in specialty clinical diagnostic testing.

In 2023, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR €6,515 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

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Eurofins Biomnis/Eurofins Pathology is an Equal Opportunities Company.