Medical Laboratory Assistant

Based within Blood Sciences, you will be working mainly in specimen reception processing samples received from the Hospitals and General Practitioners. This is an area which can be very busy and requires precise working, under time pressures.

Keyboard skills and experience of data input would be a particular advantage, as would previous working in a Pathology lab.

Work as part of a team supporting and supervised by an Health and Care Professions Council registered Biomedical Scientist. Preparing patient samples and requests for analysis, and carrying out basic laboratory duties.

• The Blood Sciences Department is a demand led service, processing over 4000 patient samples every weekday.
• The workflow is unpredictable such that there are significant peaks and troughs throughout the day in the number of samples arriving for processing.
• This requires a high level of tolerance to repetitive work. The need to maintain high levels of accuracy and attention to detail throughout prolonged periods of concentration are required.
• In sample processing, MLA’s must work to deadlines to assist in achieving defined analysis turnaround times to provide an effective clinical service to wards, departments and GP surgeries and a fast response service to the emergency departments.

We have a tight knit team in Specimen Reception. Your role will include participation of the 24 hour shift rota, and include long nights, long weekend days and Bank Holidays.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Pamela Henderson Job title: Operational Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01254 733835