Clinical Microbiologist

Bioscint Engineering Ltd is a Maltese medical engineering company established in 2014, specialising in the supply, installation, servicing and application support of medical devices — with a growing focus on infection-prevention technologies, endoscope reprocessing systems and clinical-microbiology monitoring solutions across the Maltese healthcare market.

Part-time, fixed-term employment contract running from approximately January 2027 (project month 2) to April 2028 (project month 18). Total commitment: approximately 187 hours over 16 months (average of approximately 12 hours per month), scheduled by mutual agreement around any existing clinical commitments.

We are presently looking to recruit a Clinical Microbiologist to join our Research and Development Project team on a part-time, fixed-term basis, and to lead the microbiological work programme of one of our internal research projects.

As a member of our team, your responsibilities would include:

• Advising on the design of the microbiological work programme, including comparator methods (heterotrophic plate count / aerobic CFU per ISO EN 15883-4), Pseudomonas aeruginosa detection, and reference-strain spike-recovery experiments.

• Reviewing and approving the microbiological protocols and standard operating procedures authored by the Bioscint R&D team.

• Overseeing selection and handling of ATCC reference strains and providing technical guidance on culture conditions, quality-control organisms and neutraliser selection.

• Interpreting microbiological results generated by the Project team and by the subcontracted reference laboratory, and providing clinical-microbiology sign-off on the microbiological findings included in the project deliverables.

• Contributing microbiological expertise to the derivation and clinical interpretation of the ATP action-level thresholds proposed under the project.

• Reviewing interim and final technical reports of the project from a clinical-microbiology standpoint prior to submission to the funding body.

• Contributing, where appropriate, to the dissemination outputs of the project (co-authorship of conference posters and peer-reviewed publications).

The ideal candidate should meet the following requirements:

• Be a qualified Clinical Microbiologist, holding a recognised postgraduate qualification in clinical or medical microbiology, or a closely related discipline.

• Have current or recent experience in a hospital or reference-laboratory clinical-microbiology setting.

• Have familiarity with water-quality microbiology, endoscope reprocessing standards, or infection-prevention monitoring in a healthcare setting (strongly desirable).

• If a working knowledge of ISO EN 15883 (endoscope washer-disinfector standards), or of relevant national or international guidelines on endoscope reprocessing is present – this will be considered an asset

• Be comfortable operating in a defined-term part-time role alongside any existing clinical commitments.

• Have excellent written English and the ability to review and contribute to technical protocols and reports to publication-quality standards.

• Have the right to live and work in Malta.

A competitive hourly rate, together with the opportunity to contribute to a funded national research programme and to co-author peer-reviewed publications arising from the project, shall be offered to the right candidate.

If you feel you have what it takes to join our team, kindly submit your CV and cover letter via the Apply button.