Tissue Handling Technician (Transplant Biobank)

**Contract type: Fixed term**



**Hours: Full-time**





**_This is a readvertisement. Previous applicants need not reapply._ **





**About the role**



We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join the Quality in Organ
Donation (QUOD) biobank and Transplant Research Group in the role of Tissue
Handling Technician. The postholder will be supporting a busy team of biobank
coordinators and managers, senior researchers, as well as technical and
research assistants.





You will be based in the NHSBT Blood Donor Centre at the John Radcliffe
Hospital as your normal place of work.





You will be working closely with members of the transplant community within
the NHS and University of Oxford and will be responsible for various tasks
including tissue processing and embedding, microtomy and histological
staining, biobanking activities and lab based experimental research
techniques. There will be the opportunity to be involved in research projects
within the Transplant Research Group, which has an internationally renowned
reputation.





**About you**



The successful candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent in a
science related subject. You will have excellent interpersonal, oral and
written communication skills, with the ability to prioritise your own
workload. Extensive experience in tissue handling and histological techniques
in a clinical or research laboratory is essential. You must be willing to work
with human and animal samples.





This full-time post is available immediately and is fixed-term until 31st
March 2025 in the first instance. We would be willing to consider applications
for part-time hours.





**Application Process**



Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. You will be required to
upload a supporting statement, setting out how you meet the selection
criteria, curriculum vitae and the names and contact details of two referees
as part of your online application. Please quote reference NDS907B on all
correspondence.





Only applications received before 12 noon on 05 January 2024 can be
considered. Interviews will be held on 19 January 2024 at the John Radcliffe
Hospital, Oxford.





**Committed to equality and valuing diversity**