The Opportunity
JOB DESCRIPTION
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two GMP Quality Assurance professionals to join a cuttingedge imaging research facility. These are key posts to support the quality management system in our MHRA licensed radiochemistry facility. Edinburgh Imaging is a world class clinical research facility and these posts will support the production of existing and novel imaging PETtracers as part of a UK wide imaging network.
This post is open ended (permanent) and part time (21hours per week) primarily onsite working although hybrid working may be considered. The salary for this post is
UE06 £33882 to £39105 per annum pro rata.
We also have a fulltime role available (35 hours per week) primarily onsite working although hybrid working may be considered. This is live under requisition 11896.
Your Skills And Attributes For Success
- QA experience in a GMP licensed facility
- Strong team player
- High attention to detail
- Practical and pragmatic approach
- Ability to work in a time critical environment
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary
- An exciting positive creative challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits such as a generous holiday entitlement competitive pension schemes staff discounts and familyfriendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
Championing equality diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions actively promoting LGBT equality.
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On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 11 February 2025.
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About Us
As a worldleading researchintensive University we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a valuesled approach to teaching research and innovation and through the strength of our relationships both locally and globally.
About The Team
Edinburgh Imaging is unique in the UK in terms of size scope colocation and integration of academic research scanning facilities and equipment supporting laboratories and activities academic clinical technical image analysis data management and professional services expertise integration with NHS Lothian clinical diagnostic services access to patient groups data archives and embedded online and campus teaching activities.
Edinburgh Imaging hosts three researchdedicated magnetic resonance (MR) scanners two positron emission tomographycomputed tomography (PETCT) scanners and a positron emission tomographymagnetic resonance (PETMR) scanner alongside an advanced radiochemistry facility. The latter includes a cyclotron with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Medicine and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) licensed production facilities and research and development laboratories. There are extensive image analysis facilities plus growing activity in retinal and optical imaging. All activity is underpinned by an integrated data management platform. This represents circa £40M capital investment in imaging equipment over the last 10 years and an annual turnover of nearly £4M.
Edinburgh imaging depends upon a foundation of a large and specialized work force. This is a diverse group of experts drawn from many disciplines: physicists radiographers radiochemists data managers programmers business developers technical experts technicians governance staff marketing and administration. Many roles depend on advanced academic expertise and the group delivers “own” academic outputs as well as providing guidance and support for nonimagers using imaging in their academic work.