Necropsy Technician

Sequani is a contract research organisation (CRO) based in the beautiful countryside of Herefordshire. We conduct regulatory safety testing to help make the world a safer place.

As a Gold Investors in People organisation, we are confident that we can offer a varied role, together with a good range of company benefits and excellent career progression. Our customers frequently complement us on our friendly, professional, and high-quality service and we inject commitment and purpose into everything we do.  

The Pathology Services team are responsible for carrying out the necropsy of animals, recording macroscopic abnormalities and the collection of tissues for subsequent microscopic examination to determine whether the test item has had any effect on the tissues or organs.

What we can offer you:

We are a small friendly company with a focus on Quality and customer service. We pride ourselves in offering competitive salaries and benefits. We offer a Health cash plan, including 24hr GP support line. A life insurance policy for 4x your annual salary, as well as local and countrywide corporate gym memberships. We also have an employee discount scheme to cover all shopping and holiday discounts.

We think it’s important to say thank you, and to recognise anyone who has demonstrated our company values, so we have a well-developed range of formal and informal recognition practices at company, team and individual level.

Summary of benefits:

•         Health Cash plan, with 24hr GP support

•         Life Insurance  - 4 x your annual salary

•         Wellbeing support, Mental and Physical

•         Employee reward and discount scheme

•         Employee performance awards

Role description:

The role involves carrying out a number of varied necropsy and foetal pathology procedures. You must have a good standard of numeracy and literacy for this role and be able to follow instructions from a study plan and standard operating procedures.

You will receive full training in all of the relevant techniques and procedures within the department. However, we are also have excellent career opportunities for those already have experience in this field. 

Main responsibilities:

• Performing full necropsy procedures on rodents, rabbits and large animals and recording of data under supervision.
• Performing detailed embryo-foetal examination of rodent and rabbit foetuses under supervision.
• Performing routine basic preparation of consumables, fixatives and reagents for animal necropsies.
• Performing general laboratory duties including cleaning and upkeep of facilities, stock control and ordering, monitoring of fridges and freezers and archiving of study materials.
• Performing non-routine tasks such as freezing animal tissues, homogenization of animal tissue samples and processing of blood samples under supervision.

The department provides out-of-hours necropsy cover including weekends for unscheduled and some scheduled necropsies, and candidates will be expected to join the on-call rota system and work overtime upon gaining appropriate competencies.

Skills and experience:

All the usual health and safety standards apply in the laboratory and in addition, you will be trained to work to the highest standards of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP). We use computers extensively in our work and expect familiarity with standard Microsoft Office programs.

We are prepared to consider applicants who are seeking a career change or looking for their first career role, including applicants with or without laboratory experience as full training will be provided.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Good manual dexterity and attention to detail
• Previous experience within a laboratory environment