Covid-19 Assessment Laboratory Lead

Laboratory Head for consulting assignment at AstraZeneca

Hays Life Science is now recruiting for a 6-month consulting assignment as Laboratory Lead to AstraZeneca in Gothenburg. Deadline for applications is December 19th.

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 12pm-9pm, and occasionally 7am-4pm. 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.

Role description
* Onboarding and training new staff
* Attention to detail to ensure chain of custody of all processes, strictly adhering to ISO17025 SOPs
* Working and communicating across a fast-paced cross organizational team
* Work with human biological specimens. HepB Vaccination advised
* Planning and scheduling the daily lab work, working to SOPs and local and national regulations
* In charge of ensuring that laboratory-based incidents and non-conformances are reviewed, evaluated and investigated in a timely manner.

Key requirements for this role
* M.Sc. degree or higher in a relevant scientific discipline
* Experience of liquid handling automation would be desirable
* Experience with RT-PCR data analysis
* Work in BSL1 and BSL2 lab with previous experience of aseptic technique
* Work with infectious samples, ideally experience that may contain SARS-Cov-2
* Excellent organizational and communication skills
* That you enjoy working with people in an agile environment
* Previous team leader experience is desirable.