Main purpose of the job:
To provide technical support and ensure that laboratory equipment are functioning properly and ready to use in the pharmacy laboratories.
Duties and responsibilities:
- To liaise with academic staff to discuss timetables, equipment requirements and work plans for practical sessions
- Running trials of experiments prior to classes and then demonstrating techniques for experiments
- Preparing equipment and chemicals before practical lessons
- Maintaining and repairing equipment and laboratory apparatus
- Record keeping, e.g. for students’ practical sessions, tracking methods, results, etc
- Ensuring that equipment is properly cleaned and that chemicals, drugs and other materials are appropriately stored
- Cataloguing recordings and making them available when requested
- Supporting the work of academic staff in classes and laboratory sessions and giving technical advice to staff and students
- Working with individual students and supporting them on research projects
- Managing the stock control of chemicals and equipment
- Ensuring that all health and safety procedures are understood and followed correctly
- Coordinating work in the laboratory to ensure efficient use is made of expensive pieces of equipment.
Minimum Requirements
- Diploma in Pharmacy or Diploma in Laboratory Sciences from an accredited institution.
- Previous work in a university or scientific laboratory
- Experience in pharmacology and pharmacognosy or pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmaceutics is an added advantage
- A strong knowledge of the subject area combined with a broad subject background enabling contributions to teaching programme
- A Strong practical, organizational skills with the ability to manage your own workload and commitment to academic research.
