Research Scientist - Tier 1
Loughborough
We are recruiting for a Research Scientist to join a global contract research organisation providing discovery, preclinical and translational platforms and services to advance oncology and immune-oncology.
The Research Scientist will perform procedures for client and internal research in strict compliance with welfare, legislative, health and safety requirements and company SOP’s/policies.
Basic Requirements:
* Animal handling and husbandry.
* Welfare assessment including the use of appropriate terms for the recording of clinical signs.
* Basic skills including dosing, tissue sample collection and blood sampling.
* Record keeping.
* Understand aseptic techniques.
* Minimum of 5 GCSE level education, A level or BTEC in Animal Care.
* Experience of animal models.
* Personal Licence holder – preferably A-C.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* To have competency in a range of basic techniques such as dosing, sampling and post op checks.
* Early detection of signs of ill health /loss of condition via clinical observations.
* Understand the current expectations of Home Office Legislation.
* Knowledge of relevant methods of humane killing listed in ASPA schedule 1.
* Support the system to ensure that a competent person sees and checks every animal at least once daily.
* Understand the main provisions of projects licences.
* Understand the culture of care at your establishment.
* To be res...