Junior islet Cell Scientist

Employer: King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: KCH

Town: London

Salary: £31,944 – £34,937 per annum, including high cost area

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 05/03/2025 08:00

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

Job overview

The post holder is a member of a multidisciplinary team developing the use of human islet transplantation and islet cell research. The person will be based at two locations: the James Black Centre of King’s College London and the Human Cell Isolation Unit at King’s College Hospital.

The main responsibility of the post holder is to assist in the isolation of human islets to GMP standards for clinical and research uses.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be required to assist in the isolation of human islets to GMP standards for clinical and research uses. The duties will include maintaining supplies of reagents and necessary equipment. The ability to work flexibly such as unsocial hours (anytime during the day, night or weekend) is essential as the availability of human pancreas organs for human islets transplantation is unpredictable. The post holder is expected to perform the islet isolation based on one week on-call for every two weeks. Hours worked overtime will be taken as time-in-lieu in non-on-call week.

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Assist in the isolation of human pancreatic islets of Langerhans for clinical cell transplantation and for research.
2. Share the responsibility for the day-to-day environmental monitoring of air pressures and microbiological contamination testing as required for the licensed laboratory by HTA Authority.
3. Responsible for provision of sterile reagents and equipment for isolation of human islet cells in the Cell Isolation Unit.
4. Responsible for maintaining supplies of consumables required for islet cell isolation and looking after the stock reagents for human islet isolation.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Relevant 1st degree in an appropriate Biological/Life Sciences subject
• Experience of working in a GMP (Good Manufacture Practice) laboratories and experience working in a ‘clean room’ environment

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