Overview
Senior Production/QC Radiochemist – Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
About Us
The PET Centre is part of Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College London within the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences.
The Positron Emitting Radiopharmaceutical Laboratory (PERL) plays a crucial role in the clinical PET Centre, serving over 8,000 patients and research participants annually from South-East London and beyond. It is an integral part of both King’s College London’s School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences and Guy’s & St Thomas’ National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust. Our PET Center, which is now equipped with 2 Total Body PET scanners, relies heavily on the PERL facility for the supply of radiopharmaceuticals.
Comprising two GMP clean rooms, a QC laboratory, and an R&D laboratory with a total of 24 hot cells, the PERL facility is equipped with a PETtrace high-energy cyclotron fitted with both liquid and solid targetry and various dispensing units, calibrators, and analysis equipment. It operates under a “Specials” manufacturing license, currently producing [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), [11C]methionine, [18F]FSPG and [18F]DCFPyL-PSMA routinely, with ongoing development of additional radiopharmaceuticals. We are looking to expand the range of radiopharmaceuticals available for clinical use, including F-18, C-11, Cu-64 and Zr-89 based radiopharmaceuticals.
About The Role
The Senior Production/QC Radiochemist will work as part of a team of radiochemists involved in the production and/or QC of radiopharmaceuticals in accordance with GMP requirements to set production schedules.
Duties include the development of new tracers by performing practical validation work as directed by more senior radiochemists; to support GMP compliance by performing practical validation work and updating SOP’s as directed by more senior radiochemists; and to support the training of other staff members, performing routine tasks and administrative work and acting as the contact with the clinical team on occasions when the need arises or is assigned to.
This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.
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