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Job Title:
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Forensic Administrator (Sample
Reception and Returns) |
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Summary of Job:
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Working in a timely and accuarate
manner, receive a broad range of samples from our police (and occasionally
other) customers and to provide administrative support to the scientific
staff in the forensic laboratory with occasional customer interface.
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Reporting Relationship:
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Reporting to the Team Leader
Forensic lab admin
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Principal Accountabilities:
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- Receipt all incoming cases / samples paying particular attention
to continuity and integrity of all incoming packaging.
- Check all incoming cases / samples to ensure all cases / samples
documented on the customers transfer paperwork have been received
correctly.
- Ensure that the details on all case paperwork and item packaging
is consistent and query / report any inconsistencies.
- Accurately log all incoming cases / samples on a computerised
case tracking system.
- Prepare data for weekly and monthly reports on the numbers of
samples received and processed, as requested by a Team Leader
or Manager.
- Make enquiries via telephone calls or e-mails to resolve queiries
regarding cases and items received and assist in answering enquires
from customers.
- Log and prepare exhibits for returning to customers or for destruction
as per agreed customer protocols.
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Subordinates:
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Job Requirements:
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Education:
- Basic secondary education GCSE or A levels in a technical or
scientific subject
Experience:
- Opportunity for a school leaver
Technical Skills:
- Computer, keyboard and office skills.
- Experience of word processing, spreadsheet and database packages
– Word, Excel and Access.
Non-Technical Skills:
- Good communication skills, the ability to work in a small specialist
team.
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to keep detailed,
accurate records.
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Physical Demands:
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- In light of the serious consequences of any error, this role
requires meticulous attention to detail, accurate record keeping
and a responsible attitude to the work being carried out. Forensic
DNA testing has a very high media profile and any errors or lapses
in quality would be likely to attract serious adverse publicity
for Cellmark and Orchid.
- In this job role the job holder will come into contact with
a broad range of forensic samples including those from serious
crime scenes and mass disasters. This could include post mortem
samples.
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Working Conditions:
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- Computer work station in a shared office / Laboratory.
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