Eurofins Biomnis is the leading independent provider of medical laboratory testing services in Ireland.

We are part of the Eurofins Scientific Group, a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical, forensics, clinical diagnostic, cosmetic product testing and in agroscience. The Group operates more than 900 laboratories in over 50 countries and employs 55,000 staff conducting 450 million tests every year.

We are currently looking to recruit an:

Laboratory Technician - Microbiology 

We are currently recruiting for a Laboratory Technician to join our Microbiology team at Eurofins Biomnis, in Dublin.

What we offer:

As an employer, we’re keen to look after our people with as much dedication as they look after our clients and their colleagues. We are a diverse company with 31 nationalities, encouraging inclusiveness and instilling a sense of belonging to all our colleagues. In the spirit of supporting and improving the health and well-being of our employees, building resilience, confidence and compassion through education and activities, our "Wellbeing Committee" was founded. "The Wellbeing Committee" plans activities, promotes participation, represents employees from all organizational levels, and creates and maintains open lines of communication between wellness committees and employees.

We offer competitive salaries,  excellent training and career prospects. You will receive a very attractive salary and overall benefits package which includes: Higher Education Policy, Health Insurance, Pension Scheme, Life Assurance, Income Protection, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), Eurofins Employee Referral Programme, Bike to Work and you will be part of the company’s Annual Bonus scheme.

We’re a growing and ambitious company, so there is huge potential here to develop with us and enjoy fantastic rewards in your career.

The main responsibilities of the Laboratory Technician in Microbiology are sample and QC set up, running instrumentation for organism identification and sensitivity testing. Also responsible for laboratory house-keeping, stock and assisting Medical Scientists performing a variety of tasks.

Additional technical/scientific roles for the Laboratory Technician in Microbiology are limited to:

• Preparation and set up of isolates for identification using automated and manual methods including quality control testing.

• Preparation and set up of isolates for antimicrobial susceptibilities using automated and manual methods including quality control testing.

• Preparation and set up of quality control isolates for Vitek comparison equipment testing.

• Preparation and set up of isolates for confirmatory disk testing including quality control testing.

• Preparation of samples for germ tube testing, including quality control testing and recording of quality control result.

• Recording of quality control results from automated and manual identification methods.

• Recording of quality control results from automated and manual antimicrobial susceptibility methods.

• Loading and unloading of blood cultures from the blood culture equipment and performing monthly quality control.

• Reporting of results that have been interpreted by a medical scientist (i.e. those which require no clinical or scientific interpretation nor authorisation) for example the reporting of processed H. pylori stool antigen results or processed Urine Chemistry results onto the laboratory information system.

• Referral of isolates to external reference laboratories.

• Assisting in reporting of surveillance results to public health bodies.

• Storage of patient isolates onto long term storage beads.

It should be noted that the above additional technical/scientific roles for microbiology laboratory technician are to be performed only under the supervision of a Medical Scientist.

Training and development support will be given to you to help your progression within the organisation.  

Education

• Diploma or Bachelor Degree in Biological Science

Experience

• Experience in a Microbiology environment desirable

Skills & Abilities

• Candidates must have the personal competence and capacity to properly discharge the duties of the role

We are part of the Eurofins Scientific Group, a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical, forensics, clinical diagnostic, cosmetic product testing and in agroscience. The Group operates more than 900 laboratories in over 50 countries and employs 55,000 staff conducting 450 million tests every year.

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 47,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

In 2023, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 6,515 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years

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                                 Eurofins Biomnis is an equal opportunities employer