Overview
Job Description Summary
The Microbiology Medical Scientist is a key contributor to BD’s microbiology lab operations, ensuring safety, compliance, and efficiency in a hands-on, lab-based role. Responsibilities include preparing microbial cultures and reagents, performing microbiological tests, maintaining equipment, managing inventory, and supporting non-scientific staff with live organisms. The role demands strict adherence to GLP and biosafety protocols, routine safety checks, and meticulous record-keeping. Collaboration with EHS, Facilities, and cross-functional teams is essential to uphold health, safety, and quality standards across the laboratory environment.
The Microbiology Medical Scientist will play a critical role in supporting the daily operations of BD’s microbiology laboratory, ensuring a safe, compliant, and efficient working environment. This hands-on, lab-based position involves maintaining laboratory safety standards, preparing microbial cultures and reagents, performing microbiological tests, and supporting non-scientific staff in handling live organisms. The scientist is also responsible for operating and maintaining lab equipment, managing inventory and supplies, conducting routine safety checks, and maintaining detailed records to uphold GLP and biosafety protocols. Collaboration with EHS, Facilities, and cross-functional teams is essential to ensure consistent adherence to health, safety, and quality standards.
Responsibilities
* Supporting the safe and efficient operation of BD’s microbiology laboratory and ensuring adherence to all requisite health, safety, and quality standards at all times during the operation of these laboratories.
* To write, maintain and enforce procedures relating to all areas of the microbiology laboratory and its related testing equipment.
* To assist in training a team of non-scientific staff and facilitate arrangements to introduce professional visitors to the laboratory.
* To operate and maintain laboratory equipment and perform microbiological testing to aid the non-scientific/ software associates
* To support and contribute to effective execution of audit activities.
* To assist in identifying and implementing operational procedures up to “best practice” standard in order to optimise use of resources.
* To co-operate with the relevant staff in developing and leading the introduction of new ideas and technologies
* Maintain inventory logs, monitor and restock lab supplies
* Ensure adherence to all codes of and guidelines relating to professional practice and including the maintenance of Quality Assurance standards.
* Conduct routine safety checks and walkthroughs to adhere to biosafety regulations.
Qualifications
* Be registered on the Medical Scientists Register - Maintened by the Medical Scientists Registration Board at CORU
* Possess the fellowship or be eligible for fellowship of the Academy of Medical Laboratory Science (FAMLS) or equivalent.
* Posses membership or be eligible for membershipof the Academy of Medical Laboratory Science (MAMLS) or equivalent.
Experience
* Experience in a Hospital Laboratory Microbiology Setting
* 2+ years of Satisfactory post-qualification experience.
* Excellent communication skills including the ability to present information in a clear and concise manner
* Demonstrate effective team and interpersonal skills
* Excellent planning and organising skills
* Demonstrate up-to-date knowledge of best practice in delivering a quality laboratory service and awareness of the requirements of ISO 15189
* Demonstrate up-to-date knowledge of antimicrobiology susceptibility testing and guidelines
* Be familiar with laboratory information systems
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Primary Work Location
IRL Limerick - Castletroy
Work Shift
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