Sample Banking Technician
This position sits within the Technical Services Team in the laboratories, who manage sample booking, DNA extraction, and consolidation of DNA samples stored in freezers in line with H&S regulations.
We’re Anthony Nolan. We’re here to uncover the answers inside us. Answers for people with blood cancer and blood disorders. Answers that will not only improve lives today but save them tomorrow.
By uniting people and science, we’re growing our world-leading stem cell register, so everyone who needs a transplant, can find their lifesaving match. We’re currently giving four people a day another chance to live.
Driven by patients, backed by stem cell donors, and powered by science, we won’t stop until we’ve unlocked the cures, treatments and transplants that will transform the future for more patients. And together, we can reach the remarkable day where every patient who needs us can not only survive, but thrive.
If you're inspired by this vision, and feel you have the skills and experience we need to help achieve it, we'd love you to join our lifesaving team.
We are looking for a Sample Banking Technician to join our Technical Service team.
Title: Sample Banking Technician
Salary: £25,207 per annum (pro-rated based off weekly hours and duration of contract, circa. £13.85 per hour)
Contract: Fixed term (9 months with the possibility of being extended to 12 months)
Hours: Part-time, 24 hours per week
Location: Anthony Nolan Laboratories, Hampstead, London
Job Summary:
Key responsibilities:
- Complete training in use of databases and matrices to analyse data for samples and store this correctly
- Use sample data to identify samples for removal
- Use sample data to identify samples to be moved
- Organise samples in an effective manner for use by scientists
- Liaise with members of the team on the project and develop skills such as reporting to track your work
Essential attributes:
- Experience in an accredited laboratory
- A passion for the mission of Anthony Nolan
- Respect and value of the clinical samples being handled
- An openness to training in new workflows
- Being attentive and thorough with your work
- Being conscious of your time and making decisions to ensure a flow to the project
- Working well with others
- Using systems to process data and save backups
- Bringing a friendly and considerate approach to your work with others
Please check out the full job description here, and you can read more about what to expect on the Our recruitment process page.
Release your remarkable, join our team and give someone another chance to live.
Anthony Nolan is a Disability Confident Committed and Living Wage accredited employer.
All applicants must be able to demonstrate the right to work in the UK.
- Department
- Laboratories
- Role
- Technical & Labs Support
- Locations
- Anthony Nolan Histocompatibility Laboratories
- Hourly salary
- £13.85
- Contract hours
- Part time
- Employment type
- Fixed term
- Closing date
- 20 December, 2024
- Hybrid working expectation
- Fully site-based
Anthony Nolan Histocompatibility Laboratories
So how can you tell if you're Anthony Nolan too?
- You’re passionate and dedicated to your work
- You’re innovative and looking for a challenge
- You want to improve and learn every day
- You’re accountable for your work and take pride in what you do
- You’re people and patient focused – you want to make a difference to people’s lives
These five values are what drive and motivate us across all of our divisions. From lab research and tissue typing, to finance, HR and legal, from patient support and logistics, to fundraising, marketing and communications… everyone has a critical role to play in our lifesaving work.
We’re incredibly proud of the people who work for us – and we’re always on the lookout for more passionate and talented individuals. If you like the idea of joining a team that gives four people the chance of life every day, check out our job listings below.
About Anthony Nolan
Anthony Nolan is the charity that makes lifesaving connections between patients in need and incredible strangers ready to donate their stem cells. Find out more about what we do here.
Sample Banking Technician
This position sits within the Technical Services Team in the laboratories, who manage sample booking, DNA extraction, and consolidation of DNA samples stored in freezers in line with H&S regulations.
Loading application form
Already working at Anthony Nolan?
Let’s recruit together and find your next colleague.