Clinical Skills Laboratory Technician

About the Role

The Institute seeks to appoint a Clinical Skills Laboratory Technician to assist the Laboratory manager in providing teaching and technical support to staff and students within the Institute of Dentistry to contribute to an outstanding student learning experience. 

About You

The successful applicant will have an academic/vocational qualification (GCSE, NVQ, City & Guilds) OR the equivalent in experience, be able to relate to and provide courteous assistance to academics, researchers, students and other technicians, have excellent interpersonal skills including written and oral communication, work on own initiative and as part of a team and have a flexible and professional attitude.

Good organisational, planning, numerical skills and computer literacy are essential. Desirable qualities include experience of health and safety regulations, working in a dental team or lab, with knowledge of set up and consumables an advantage.

This post is subject to criminal records check and the UK ‘right to work’ requirements.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The Institute of Dentistry is based in the thriving and diverse area of Whitechapel. In 2014, we moved into brand new state-of-the-art premises, The Royal London Dental Hospital. The new Dental School and Hospital houses the most modern and technologically advanced equipment in the UK, following more than a decade of planning and work. 

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum, season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities We also offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities and flexible working arrangements.

The post is located on the Whitechapel Campus in London. It is a permanent, full time (35 hours per week) appointment, with an expected start date of November 2025. The starting salary is Grade 2, (£29,818 - £32,515 per annum), inclusive of London Allowance).

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

The Faculty of Medicine and Athena SWAN Charter for Women in Science.

The Faculty of Medicine holds a Silver Athena SWAN Award. We are committed to equality of opportunities and advancing women’s careers. We have policies to support staff returning from long-term absence, for flexible arrangements for staff with parental responsibilities and for childcare support. As part of the School’s commitment to the Athena SWAN principles we strongly encourage applications from women.

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