Clerical Officer Histology (Fixed term)

Eurofins; Dublin; On-site; EUR 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Scheme

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Annual Bonus Scheme

Company Credit Union Scheme

Long Service Award Scheme

Health Insurance

Paid Sick Leave

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Higher Education Policy

Bike to Work Scheme

Tax Saver Travel Scheme

Eurofins Employee Referral Programme

Job summary

Eurofins MC Pathology in Dublin is recruiting a Clerical Officer to join the Histology Laboratory. The role involves clerical data entry, processing documentation, and supporting day-to-day administrative tasks within the Histology unit.

The successful candidate will work 37.5 hours per week, reporting to the Supervising Medical Secretary or Business Unit Manager, on a fixed-term basis for 2 years with potential extension.

Qualifications

• Leaving Cert or equivalent; science diploma desirable.
• Ideally 1 year in a similar role, but training in-house possible.
• Excellent administration skills; attention to detail.
• Proactive problem solving and can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Book in patient data into the Laboratory Information Management System.
• Handle documentation for department (training records, SOPs, forms).
• Process accessioning and clerical workload.
• Check lab emails and inform relevant personnel.
• General secretarial and housekeeping duties.

Skills

Excellent administration

Attention to detail

Can do attitude

Proven problem solver

Education

Leaving Cert or equivalent; science diploma desirable

Tools

Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)

Job description

Company Description

Company DescriptionEurofins Biomnis is the leading independent provider of medical laboratory testing services in Ireland.

Eurofins Pathology, a part of Eurofins Scientific Group is the leading independent provider of medical laboratory services in Ireland and part of one of the largest medical laboratory groups in Europe. The laboratory provides a full laboratory service from wet tissue receipt, through technical processing and specialist reporting by a team of Consultant Histologists.

We are part of the Eurofins Scientific Group.

We Are Currently Looking To Recruit a Clerical Officer Histology

We are currently seeking to recruit a Clerical Officer to join our team in our Histology Laboratory in Eurofins MC Pathology in Sandyford, Dublin 18. An organised professional, who enjoys solving issues to the very end, and looking to grow your experience in a laboratory/medical setting. Training and development support will be given to you to help your progression within the organisation.

This is a fixed term position for 2 years, with the possibility of an extension subject to business needs.

What We Offer

In the spirit of supporting and improving the health and well-being of our employees, building resilience, confidence and compassion through education and activities, our "Wellbeing Committee" was founded. "The Wellbeing Committee" plans activities, promotes participation, represents employees from all organizational levels, and creates and maintains open lines of communication between wellness committees and employees.

You Will Receive An Overall Benefits Package, Including

• Financial Security
  • Pension Scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Income Protection
  • Annual Bonus Scheme
  • Company Credit Union Scheme
  • Long Service Award Scheme
• Health & Wellbeing
  • Health Insurance
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Career Development
  • Higher Education Policy
• Lifestyle & Perks
  • Bike to Work Scheme
  • Tax Saver Travel Scheme
  • Eurofins Employee Referral Programme

We’re a growing and ambitious company, so there is huge potential here to develop with us and enjoy fantastic rewards in your career.

Working Hours

37.5 hours per week, Monday- Friday

Job Description

Reporting to the Supervising Medical Secretary and/or Business Unit Manager in Histology, the successful candidate will be responsible for providing clerical support for booking in patient data into the Laboratory Information Management System.

Specific Tasks

• Use of Laboratory Information Management Systems.
• To be aware and to be compliant with of all the documentation related to your Department (Training record, SOP’s, Forms).
• Booking in all request forms.
• Undertaking of accessioning and grossing clerical workload.
• Checking laboratory emails and informing appropriate personnel.
• Filing of all completed reports.General secretarial and housekeeping duties.
• Attention to detail essential.

Qualifications

Education

• Leaving Cert or equivalent but science related diploma is desirable

Experience

• Ideally 1 year in a similar role, but not mandatory (can be trained in-house)

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent administration skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Can do attitude willing to go the extra mile to resolve all issues.
• Proven problem solver.

Additional Information

We are part of the Eurofins Scientific Group, a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical, forensics, clinical diagnostic, cosmetic product testing and in agroscience. The Group operates more than 900 laboratories in over 50 countries and employs 55,000 staff conducting 450 million tests every year.

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 47,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

In 2025, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR €7,296 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

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Eurofins MC Pathology is an equal opportunities employer