Covid-19 Assessment Laboratory Lead

This role is to lead one of the shifts within the AZ Sweden Covid-19 Assessment Laboratory, responsible for COVID-19 screening of AstraZeneca employees. Staff within this laboratory will be expected to work a shift pattern to enable 14 hours a day operation across 5 days a week – Tuesday to Saturday. Shift hours for this role will primarily be from 7am-4pm, and occasionally 12pm-9pm. Please only apply for this role if you are satisfied you can accommodate these working hours. The COVID-19 Laboratory Lead will be responsible for the day to day running of the COVID-19 screening operation, and will report to the Swedish Covid-19 Assessment Laboratory Head. The shift period overlaps with the shift pattern of other appointed lab lead(s).


PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
AS A LABORATORY LEAD YOU WILL ENSURE TEAM DELIVERY OF SERVICE IN LINE WITH THE PREDEFINED STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOPS) AND ISO 17025 ACCREDITATION. YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PLANNING OF STAFF DAILY ACTIVITIES, MAXIMIZING THE DEPLOYMENT OF AVAILABLE PEOPLE AND EQUIPMENT RESOURCES. YOU WILL ENSURE BOTH LABORATORY STAFF AND DATA ANALYSIS STAFF HAVE THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO PERFORM THEIR WORK BY HOLDING REGULAR TEAM MEETINGS/1:1S AND AD HOC DISCUSSIONS. YOU ARE EXPECTED TO ACTIVELY WORK IN THE LAB AS A PART OF THE TEAM, THEREBY GAINING INSIGHT OF EVERYDAY CHALLENGES WHILST SUPPORTING THE TEAM WITH DECISION MAKING.

KEY REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS ROLE:
• Excellent communication skills
• That you enjoy working with people in an agile environment
• Onboarding and training new staff
• Experience in planning lab work, working to SOPs and local and national regulations
• Previous team leader experience is desirable.
• Work in BSL1 and BSL2 lab with previous experience of aseptic technique preferred.
• Work with human biological specimens. HepB Vaccination advised.
• Work with infectious samples, ideally experience that may contain SARS-Cov-2 would be desirable
• Attention to detail to ensure chain of custody of all samples, strictly adhering to SOPs
• Working and communicating across a fast-paced cross organisational team.
• Experience with RT-PCR data analysis would be desirable
• Experience of liquid handling automation would be desirable

 

ABOUT ALTEN
Every employee is equally valuable in the success of ALTEN! We are driven by making people grow and develop, which is why we offer you the opportunity to work with what you are truly passionate about. At ALTEN, we have a broad range of assignments at most of the leading companies in Sweden in several different sectors, to make it possible for your wishes to come true. We offer both national and international opportunities and together with your coaching manager, you build your career path so you constantly are able to develop and achieve your goals and dreams! As a consultant at ALTEN, you will get the genuine team feeling at your assignment but also a wonderful togetherness at ALTEN. Through our different internal networks, such as ALTEN Sports, Women@ALTEN and ALTEN Innovation you will get the opportunity to drive topics and activities that are close to your heart, together with your colleagues. All activities are of course optional. Work life balance is our top priority. We also have a collective agreement and other benefits like Pension, Insurances and Wellness grants.

 

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