What you’ll be doing

Mol­e­c­u­lar Sci­en­tists per­form a range of inves­ti­ga­tions on DNA and RNA and use meth­ods such as probe-based poly­merase-chain reac­tion, next gen­er­a­tion sequenc­ing, and dig­i­tal droplet PCR. They are help­ing devel­op ground­break­ing meth­ods to rev­o­lu­tionise how we detect can­cer and oth­er genes that cause disease.

About you

You’ll have the fol­low­ing exper­tise and qualities:

1. A min­i­mum rel­e­vant ter­tiary degree qual­i­fi­ca­tion (or equiv­a­lent degree) in Med­ical Lab­o­ra­to­ry Sci­ence, Micro­bi­ol­o­gy, Mol­e­c­u­lar biol­o­gy or a relat­ed discipline.
2. Be involved and main­tain com­pe­ten­cies in rou­tine MDU test­ing benches.
3. Have a thor­ough under­stand­ing of the func­tions of a PCR suite to pre­vent and min­imise ampli­con contamination.
4. Spe­cialised tech­ni­cal knowl­edge, skill and exper­tise in per­form­ing con­tem­po­rary infec­tious dis­eases mol­e­c­u­lar diag­nos­tic assays and man­ag­ing dai­ly tech­ni­cal oper­a­tions and resource allocation.
5. Good com­mu­ni­ca­tion skills, effec­tive inter­per­son­al skills, and the abil­i­ty to work col­lab­o­ra­tive­ly as a leader and a team mem­ber under the direc­tion of more senior prac­ti­tion­ers, pro­duc­ing an effec­tive work out­put and quality.