Eurofins
Laboratory Assistant Part Time
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Eurofins Scientific
Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier, and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labeling is accurate.
Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.
We’re proud to be an armed forces-friendly place to work and welcome applications from reservists, armed forces veterans (including the wounded, injured, and sick), as well as cadet instructors, and military spouses and partners.
If you want to continue to help make our world a safer and healthier place, then apply for the role below and become a part of the extraordinary Eurofins network.
Job Description
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
This is a part-time role working 24 hours per week - Monday to Saturday 09:00 till 13:00.
- Prepare samples for analysis using the current laboratory protocol.
- Receiving, unpacking, and sorting patient samples.
- Dispose of general and clinical waste, including sharps, and ensure workbenches are clean and tidy.
- Scan and archive patient request forms, section logs, etc.
- Assist MLAs with daily reception tasks as needed.
- Maintaining work area clean and clear to an acceptable standard.
- Adhering to SOP’s, work instructions, and Quality Management system (QMS) in accordance with ISO 15189 at all times ensuring good laboratory practice (GLP) is followed.
- Reporting any non-conformances or near misses using local and company QMS and health and safety systems.
- Adhere to the laboratory Health and Safety procedures to ensure maintaining safe practice for the workplace, yourself, and other staff.
- Communicating effectively to team members to ensure a smooth flow of work through the laboratory process.
- Working in accordance with Eurofins values of customer focus, competence, and team spirit, quality, and integrity.
- Receiving and receipting stock when needed.
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Qualifications
- Educated to GCSE level maths and English, or equivalent.
- Good communication skills both spoken and written.
- Good computer and keyboard skills, plus knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Good time management skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to follow procedure.
Additional Information
At Eurofins we are growing, innovating, and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognize our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.
As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:
- Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement
- Company Pension Plan
- Life Assurance Scheme (4 times annual salary)
- Enhanced Maternity, Adoption, and Paternity Schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential
- Health Cash Plan
- Health and Wellbeing Programmes
- Free parking
- Worldwide career opportunities
We also have in place rewards recognizing the great work out employees deliver, their dedicated service, and celebrating special life events.
As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:
- Being part of a Reward and Recognition Scheme, recognizing great work across our teams.
- Holiday entitlement increases with service.
- The option to opt into our Health Cash Plan, designed to help look after your everyday health and wellbeing. This allows you to claim back the cost of routine healthcare expenses such as dental check-ups, eye tests, glasses, or contact lenses, and other everyday medical treatments.
- Life Assurance from day one, providing cover of three times your annual salary.
- Automatic enrolment into our Company Pension Plan after three months (with the flexibility to opt out if you choose).
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme, offering 24/7 confidential support for both personal and work-related matters.
- Being able to register your interest in volunteering days, which are designed to support employees who wish to do voluntary work during working hours as part of a wider strategy to contribute positively to the local community.
- Free on-site car parking.
- The opportunity to explore worldwide opportunities.
- Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether it's supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee, or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle.
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What Happens Next
Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment center or a staged interview process dependent on the role and its requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get to know your key skills and strengths.
Your Data
As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.
Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore, we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion, your application has been unsuccessful.
We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.
We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.
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