PET QC Chemist

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 Summary In this role you'll perform QC method development and routine analysis of PET radiotracers to support clinical and pre-clinical studies in a GMP environment. Job Responsibilities - QC of assigned radiotracers according to project distribution and the scanning schedule. - QC implementation of newly assigned radiotracers: method development, validation and documentation. - Providing routine QC support to clinical and pre-clinical studies. - Providing analytical chemistry support for precursor characterization, radiotracer and radioligand purification. - Data processing including HPLC and GC. - Documenting QC records to ensure compliance with cGMP. - Raising and investigating Out Of Specification (OOS) results and Deviation within QMS. - Presenting technical QC issues to internal and external audits, if required. - Training and educating others in your area of expertise. - Keeping up to date with relevant procedures and policies, as well as new analytical techniques and processes (small molecules and biological products). - Presenting results to internal and external audiences, when required. - Maintaining adequate stocks of laboratory supplies - Completing routine laboratory tasks, e.g., preparing HPLC buffers, calibration standards, etc. Required Skills: - Minimum 2 years' experience in a QC laboratory. - Experience in HPLC - Experience in a GMP environment Knowledge and Preferred Skills: - Experience in GC is an advantage. - Experience working with short-lived radioisotopes preferable (especially carbon-11 and fluorine-18) is desirable. - Experience in change control is preferable. Education: - Undergraduate degree in Chemistry or a related scientific discipline