"Technician - Animal Models & Histology"

University of Sheffield - School of Medicine & Population Health

Job description:

Working Pattern: Full-time (Monday to Friday), working 35 hours per week

We seek to appoint a committed and enthusiastic Technician with a proven track record in working with mammalian animal models as well as histology. You will organise and provide high quality core technical support to staff and students within the School of Medicine and Population Health. You will be responsible for planning and conducting experimental activities with a particular focus on mammalian models of disease, as well as histology research and teaching, contributing to the School's research and teaching objectives and priorities. You will provide general laboratory housekeeping, experimental research and teaching support duties, ensuring good Health and Safety standards are adhered to at all times and with a good understanding of legal and ethical considerations. You will be part of a large and dedicated team of core technical staff spread across two Divisions (Clinical Medicine and Neuroscience), working effectively and efficiently with minimal supervision of senior technical colleagues and maintaining workplace organisation.

The School of Medicine and Population Health brings together a wide range of research and teaching strengths in pre-clinical, clinical and translational medicine. The School is actively building a strong forward looking and sustainable strategy with the aspiration to have sustainable, internationally excellent teaching and research in our research areas of interest, which include Neuroscience, Oncology, Cardiopulmonary Diseases, Infection and Inflammation, Musculoskeletal and Endocrinology research. We are a vibrant, successful School with strong partnerships with other Universities, industry, Pharma, NHS Trusts and patients and we have a strong ethos of achieving success through collaboration with a renewed internal culture of excellence, openness and drive amongst research and academic staff, contributing to research and teaching successes.

We are one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development. We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and University. We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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