The Microbiology and Virology department and University Hospital Southampton is a regional, supra-regional and national specialist service provider, processing over 1,000,000 specimens per annum. this includes on average 1500 SARSCoV-2 PCR tests per day. We employee over 90 staff.

It provides a comprehensive 7 day service covering bacteriology, mycobacteriology, mycology, virology, serology and parasitology, and has a well-equipped molecular facility.  This role is for core hours (09:00 to 17:30) from Monday to Friday.

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting. 

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the ‘Job Description and Main Responsibilities’ section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.