Blood Sciences Support Assistant

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Frimley; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a detail‑oriented individual to join the Blood Sciences Support Team at Frimley Park Hospital. The role focuses on processing and recording patient samples and supporting a busy pathology service with accurate data entry and communications.

No formal qualifications required, but excellent typing, attention to detail, and a cooperative, team‑oriented attitude are essential. The post is not a trainee Biomedical Scientist position.

Qualifications

• GCSEs (or equivalent) including Maths and English; reports understanding of pathology workflows.
• Excellent typing speed and high accuracy in transcription of results.
• Experience with e-mail and web browsers is desirable, plus ability to work under deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Process and record patient samples, ensuring timely turnaround of Biochemistry referrals.
• Collate and distribute information to commercial customers by email or post, including weekends.
• Manage shared results inbox and respond to general queries; support 7-day service in BSPS network.

Skills

Typing

Attention to detail

Team player

Communication skills

IT skills

Time management

Education

GCSEs / equivalent (Maths, English, two sciences)

Tools

LIMS

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Job Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our friendly team within the Blood Sciences Support Team at Frimley Park Hospital.

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our friendly team within the Blood Sciences Support Team at Frimley Park Hospital.

This vital role involves accurately processing and recording patient samples, supporting the smooth operation of our busy pathology service.

While no formal qualifications or previous experience are required, you must have excellent typing skills, strong attention to detail, and a positive, team-focused attitude.

Please note that this post is not a trainee Biomedical Scientist position and is therefore not suitable for recent graduates seeking progression into that role.

Main duties of the job

• To ensure a timely turnaround of Biochemistry referred samples by receiving result reports and entering the results onto the laboratory information management system (LIMS), ready for authorisation by the Duty Biochemist.
• To be responsible for collating and distributing information ensuring that laboratory results reach commercial customers, electronically by email or by post, including weekend cover.
• Management of the shared results inbox including general queries. Based in the Pathology Laboratory at Frimley Park Hospital, part of Berkshire Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS), you will contribute to a network delivering over 20 million tests per year, providing essential diagnostic services to hospitals, GPs, and private healthcare providers, operating 7 days a week.

Working for our organisation

Visa Sponsorship

This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme.

We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• GCSE’s (or equivalent) at grade A* to C to include Mathematics, English Language and two relevant Science subjects.
• Understanding of the range of pathology work processes.

Desirable criteria

• Medical Terminology.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of making judgements involving facts or situations, some of which may require problem solving.
• Experience in use of e-mail and web browsers.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of pathology data entry or specimen reception.

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• High level of written and verbal communication skills.
• Intermediate IT skills including Word, Excel & PowerPoint.
• Self-motivation and approachability.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• High level of accuracy of typing and in transcribing results.
• Ability to communicate with staff at all levels.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy - FHFT 2030 - sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values - Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation - we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.