Bilingual Assistant

Job Pack  

About the Role

The role involves contacting research participants and collecting clinical specimens and data. Duties include assisting in preparing plasma from blood and storing and cataloguing. The post-holder will be expected to independently collect and catalogue plasma samples, maintain stocks and preparation material for experimentation. The work will be based at the Royal London Hospital and Blizard Institute within the Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL).

About You

Candidates must have experience of working within the NHS or hospital environment, knowledge of laboratory procedures, materials, equipment, and good understanding of Health & Safety regulations and procedures. Candidates will need experience dealing with patients/public, the ability to liaise effectively across a range of cultural groups / enterprises, and the ability to communicate complex information effectively to a wide range to audiences. Demonstrable fluency in at least one relevant south Asian language (e.g. Sylheti/Bengali) is essential. Experience handling and processing clinical specimens is desirable, but training will be provided if required.

About the Institute

The Blizard Institute was established in 2003 and is one of six Institutes within the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, QMUL. The Institute comprises approximately 350 staff based in four academic Centres and one Public Engagement Centre, and supports a combined total of c750 postgraduate research and taught students. The Institute aims to deliver excellence in all aspects of research, teaching and clinical service.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.