Genomics Lab Assistant Apprentice - Cancer Diagnostics

Royal Marsden; Sutton Green, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in Sutton, Surrey, invites applications for a Medical Laboratory Assistant Apprenticeship within the Clinical Genomics department. This NHS AfC Band 3 role is full-time (37.5 hours per week) and involves rotating through Clinical Genomics laboratories to provide specimen handling and data-entry support.

The post offers training, quality activities, and a route into molecular diagnostics with a renowned cancer centre committed to high standards of patient

Qualifications

• A-levels including a science subject.
• experience working in a laboratory.
• cytogenetic and molecular diagnostic techniques desirable.

Responsibilities

• To collect different types of biological samples from the main Pathology laboratories, minor procedures, theatres, and switchboard during the day, including late samples, and maintaining all relevant audit trails.
• Specimen reception: receipt and checking of samples against request forms, liaising with clinical staff regarding labelling errors, identifying and taking appropriate action with high risk specimens and dealing with leaking/damaged samples.
• To prioritise samples according to SOPs and laboratory requirements.
• To input patient-related data received from external referral hospitals, wards and clinical areas including test requests into IT systems.

Education

A-levels including a science subject

Job description

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in Sutton, Surrey, invites applications for a Medical Laboratory Assistant Apprenticeship within the Clinical Genomics department. This NHS AfC Band 3 role is full-time (37.5 hours per week) and involves rotating through Clinical Genomics laboratories to provide specimen handling and data-entry support.

The post offers training, quality activities, and a route into molecular diagnostics with a renowned cancer centre committed to high standards of patient