Research Technician (PET Research & Development)
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Grade UE05: £29,588- £33,951 per annum
CMVM / Deanery of Clinical Sciences / Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Open Ended (permanent)
The Opportunity
We are looking to recruit a technician to support a wide-range of research projects at the preclinical PET facility of the University of Edinburgh. The post will be responsible for supporting radiotracer production, acquisition of PET/CT, PET/MRI, autoradiography and radiometabolite data at the facility. The post holder will be expected to maintain detailed and accurate records of all experiments, display a positive “can do” attitude in face of adversity and be an effective team player. It is anticipated this post will be required to work later shifts in the facility (e.g. 1-9pm). This is a full-time (35 hours per week), fully on-campus, and open-ended position at the University of Edinburgh.
Job Description
Grade UE05: £29,588- £33,951 per annum
CMVM / Deanery of Clinical Sciences / Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Open Ended (permanent)
The Opportunity
We are looking to recruit a technician to support a wide-range of research projects at the preclinical PET facility of the University of Edinburgh. The post will be responsible for supporting radiotracer production, acquisition of PET/CT, PET/MRI, autoradiography and radiometabolite data at the facility. The post holder will be expected to maintain detailed and accurate records of all experiments, display a positive “can do” attitude in face of adversity and be an effective team player. It is anticipated this post will be required to work later shifts in the facility (e.g. 1-9pm). This is a full-time (35 hours per week), fully on-campus, and open-ended position at the University of Edinburgh.
Your Skills And Attributes For Success
* Outstanding organisation and multi-tasking skills.
* Capable of working independently and under pressure while delivering rigorous and high-quality research outcomes.
* Excellent laboratory and time management skills.
* Effective team player, motivated to continuously contribute to a positive research environment.
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Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
* CV Cover letter
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
* A competitive salary
* An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
* To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
* Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab)
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 4th September 2025.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
About The Team
The Centre for Cardiovascular Science (Head of Centre, Professor Andrew Baker) is a world-leading centre of excellence that integrates discovery, translational and clinical cardiovascular research to transform the diagnosis, treatment and management of people with heart and circulatory diseases.
We are working with local, national and international partners and funders to develop solutions to our research challenges with regional and global impact.
Research in the CVS is investigator-led. CVS has 50 principal investigators leading research across four themes: Metabolism Obesity & Diabetes (MOD), Hypertension & Renal (HART), Cardio-metabolic Imaging (CINEMA), and Coronary & Valvular Heart Disease.
The technologies employed within CVS span basic molecular and cell biology, to model organisms (flies, fish, rodents), to clinical trials. The ethos in the CVS is that, whatever their background, investigators can use our network of collaboration and training to deliver fundamental discoveries and implement them in translational research.
CVS hosts two British Heart Foundation research centres: the Centre of Research Excellence (REA3) and the Centre for Vascular Regeneration (CVR).
To find out more, visit https://www.ed.ac.uk/cardiovascular-science/research/cvs-bhf-centres/bhf-centre-of-research-excellence
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