Senior Project Team Leader - Diagnostics

Location: Porton Down, Salisbury

Hours: 37.5 hours/week

Do you have a strong background in serological/molecular/antigenic techniques and a passion for developing and evaluating diagnostics for priority pathogens? Do you want to join a team of experts working at the forefront of diagnostics innovation and evaluation? If so, you might be the ideal candidate for the Senior Project Team Leader role in the Diagnostic Accelerator team at UKHSA. 

As a Senior Project Team Leader, you will lead the development and evaluation of commercial assays against priority pathogens, ensuring delivery of new/improved/refined diagnostic assays for use in UKHSA or NHS diagnostic labs. You will also provide training and surge capacity in the event of an outbreak. You will work closely with other teams within the Diagnostics & Pathogen Characterisation department, which is based at Porton and has approximately 130 staff, performing a range of research activities, including high containment level work. The department’s work covers a broad range of projects involving pathogen characterisation; virology and pathogenesis; diagnostics, innovation and evaluation, and biosafety and environmental microbiology. 

The department is part of the UKHSA ambition to be world-leading in capabilities and contribution to vaccines/therapeutics and diagnostics. 

Essential

• PhD in Microbiology/Virology/Molecular Biology/Immunology or equivalent years’ experience
• Demonstratable extensive experience and knowledge of microbiological diagnostic test development, evaluation, and validation for the diagnosis of bacteria and viruses, such as Real-time PCR, ELISA, IFA, LFD
• Extensive experience in working at ACDP CL2 with a range of microbial pathogens including culture, nucleic acid extraction, antigen preparation
• Experience of working with clinical samples and diagnostic testing
• A breadth of experience of line management and project management
• Experience in liaising with commercial stakeholders to deliver project milestones to agreed timelines in budget 

Desirable

• Relevant HCPC Registration e.g., Clinical Scientist/Biomedical Scientist
• Experience in working at ACDP CL3 with a range of microbial pathogens including culture, nucleic acid extraction, antigen preparation
• Experience of LIMS systems for patient sample management including data analysis and queries on samples, sample types and tests 

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