Medical Technologist

Senior Medical Technologist in Singapore. Join us and advance your career with an industry leader.

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.

​Position Summary

Senior Medical Technologist ensures the Central Laboratory is meeting the highest quality standards. This role performs the general technical assignments and testing in the Laboratory Department in accordance with current procedures and quality standards. This role will involve with the daily management and operation of the department ensuring that turnaround times agreed in each contract are met and as assigned by the management team. Lastly, this role assists with the teaching and development of staff currently in the department; to maintain at all times the required high standards and quality.

Job Responsibilities

• Embrace and contribute to our culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes adding value to our business and meeting client needs.
• Responsible for the quality and timelines of technical procedures, as well as their compliance with applicable company, CAP, and local regulatory agency testing requirements.
• Perform technical assignments and testing and issue reports in accordance with written procedures. These should be processed within agreed turnaround times.
• Enters and releases required information in the LIS, such as test results, comments, and quality control results in a timely manner with compliance to all regulatory requirements.
• Directs and assists technical staff in the preparation quality control documentation, organization of proficiency testing and compliance with all appropriate regulatory procedures and quality requirements in testing area.
• Oversees the maintenance of regular inventory of all reagents and spare parts required
• Assists with the maintenance, calibration and validation of the instruments/assays assigned to the section according to written laboratory procedures.
• Assists with responding to queries and quality issues, and participates in root cause analysis investigations.
• Assists in maintaining temperature monitoring system.

Requirements:

• Bachelors' degree in Medical Technology or equivalent, or BSc degree in Medical Laboratory Science/Biomedical Science majoring in Chemistry, Haematology, Immunology, and/or Infectious Diseases.
• Proven experience successfully performing as a Technologist or a significant proven experience supporting development activities.
• Previous experience in Hematology
• Compliance with all health and safety legislation and awareness of employee responsibilities in this context.
• Basic working knowledge of and Compliance with all CAP and local agency regulatory requirements.
• Fluency in English both written and oral.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks with good organization skills and good attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to keep accurate, legible records and recognize the need to handle these records and all other information in line with GCP/GLP/GDP.
• Basic working knowledge of LIMS with the desire to achieve the mathematical, computational and instrumentation skills necessary to work and progress in Biomedical Science.

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What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.

Our benefits examples include:

• Various annual leave entitlements
• A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
• Life assurance
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.

Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

At ICON, diversity, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative which helps us better serve our people, patients, customers, and our communities. We're proud of our diverse workforce and the work we’ve done to become a more inclusive organisation. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here

Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.

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