What can we offer you?
Apart from job satisfaction, we can offer you:
YOURSELF
- 25 days' holiday (with the option to buy more)
HEALTH
- Private Healthcare
- Optional dental insurance, health assessments and health cash plans
- Cycle to Work scheme
WEALTH
- Company Pension Scheme, matching contributions up to 5% of salary
- Life assurance
- Annual staff bonus scheme
- Season ticket loans
Job Purpose:
The role of the Senior PET Radiochemist is to support the manufacture of radiopharmaceuticals for human use and to implement and validate new products and pieces of manufacturing equipment.
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Essential Functions:
- To produce daily new and established PET radiopharmaceuticals using a range of synthesis & dispensing equipment.
- To support all activities for day-to-day manufacture of PET radiopharmaceuticals.
- To manage assigned production laboratories, syntheses, and dispensing equipment.
- To lead on maintenance/trouble shooting activities to minimise production down time and escalate to manager as required.
- To lead and support method development, implementation, and validation of manufacturing processes of PET radiopharmaceuticals for clinical use.
- To manage specific projects related to development and/or improvement of chemistry processes and/or equipment, including independently raising, completing, and managing change control.
- To assist in the scheduling/organisation of the production team and production laboratories.
- To train, educate and supervise others in their area of expertise.
- To keep up to date with relevant procedures and policies.
- To author and review production related Standard Operating Procedures/Protocols and Reports.
- To write and execute equipment/process validation protocols.
- To support and contribute to audit and inspection activities.
- To manage quality related actions (e.g. deviations, change controls, self-inspection) in a timely manner, in order to comply with our policies and regulatory requirements.
- To support engineer and building repair visits to minimise operational disruption.
- To carry out other reasonable duties as requested by the line manager.
Qualifications:
- A degree (or equivalent) in a scientific discipline.
- Demonstrated experience in manufacturing activities (routine synthesis and development activities).
- Very Good understanding of GMP/GDP requirements.
- Good understanding of ionising radiation/EH&S regulations.
- Experience in training and/or supervising Junior members of staff.