Validation Student Placement

Almac Diagnostic Services is a leading stratified medicine business, specialising in biomarker-driven clinical trials. We are incredibly proud to be involved in multiple oncology and immunology trials, which contribute to treatments for breast and ovarian cancer, lung cancer, and more. We focus on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of companion diagnostic tests, and on biomarker clinical trial management and clinical test delivery from our CLIA-accredited laboratories.

We are pleased to offer a 12-month student placement opportunity, starting in Summer 2025, which will provide the successful applicant with invaluable experience within a leading pharmaceutical company. As a placement student within our Validation Team, you will play an important part in our team – from Day 1, you will be quite literally contributing towards the advancement of human health! You will be supporting the validation of laboratory equipment/computerised systems to ensure they are in a ready to use state.

This placement is ideal for someone looking for an alternative to a laboratory based placement and will provide an excellent stepping stone into a more office based career where you can still use scientific knowledge

This is a fantastic opportunity to prepare for a career within this exciting industry.

Essential Criteria:

• Studying towards a BSc Degree (or equivalent level qualification) within a Life Sciences related discipline
• Available to conduct a 12 month full time placement commencing summer 2025 before returning to university to complete their degree programme
• Ability to generate laboratory reports
• Practical laboratory experience

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience performing maintenance and calibration of laboratory equipment

• working experience of typical laboratory instrumentation
• Experience of working as a team

OVERALL ROLE OBJECTIVE: Office based, be responsible for supporting the daily, efficient running of the equipment and computerised systems in Almac Diagnostics Laboratories. This includes ensuring the correct and timely validation and commissioning of laboratory equipment and systems.

JOB SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: The post holder will: 1. Support the validation/commissioning, of laboratory equipment/computerised systems. 2. Be responsible for reviewing commissioning/validation protocols to ensure equipment/systems are fit for intended use in accordance with appropriate regulatory agency validation requirements, internal company standards and operating procedures, and current industry practices. 3. Liase with the responsible person/department(s) during compilation of the validation/commissioning protocols to ensure the customer requirements are met while maintaining compliance. 4. Maintain validation/commissioning documentation files and databases 5. Maintain an electronic schedule of validation/commissioning, periodic review of laboratory equipment/systems and adhere to it. 6. Complete Periodic Review reports and User Account review forms on laboratory systems and follow up with findings 7. Log Quality Events in relation to periodic review reports 8. Undertake other duties related to the post as and when required. 9. Assist in maintaining a high level of housekeeping within the laboratories. 10. Follow change control principles when assessing changes to equipment/systems. 11. Update and retirement of validated systems.