Senior Microbiologist

Interim Microbiologist

To carry out environmental monitoring of all Pharmaceutical clean rooms in accordance with laid down procedures; documenting the results and reporting any signs of contamination to the Quality assurance office/Quality control manager.  This includes monitoring of the clean room environment, water supplies and personnel.

To maintain adequate stock control and correct storage of all consumable materials used in environmental monitoring and microbiological testing.  This includes carrying out quality control procedures on broth and agar plates.

To carry out routine testing for endotoxins. This will involve sampling the water purification plant, clean steam condensate and simple aqueous solutions.

To enumerate and identify environmental isolates to species level.

To assist in the validation of cleaning and disinfection procedures.

To write reports on conclusion of testing and raise non-conformance reports if results exceed limits.

To work in accordance with the principles of Good Control of Laboratory practice (GcLP) at all times