Medical Laboratory Assistant

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Mansfield is inviting applications for Medical Laboratory Assistants to join our Pathology team, delivering a safe and efficient diagnostic service with high standards of practice.

You will enter data into the Pathology system, handle and process specimens, and support the central results line and report distribution, with rotational duties including weekends and Bank Holidays.

Responsibilities

• Data entry into the Pathology system.
• Specimen handling and processing.
• Rotational duties including weekends and bank holidays.
• Central services tasks: specimen reception, data entry, pre-analysis, report management, and consumables distribution.

Job description

Sherwood Forest Hospitals are looking to appoint enthusiastic, highly motivated Medical Laboratory Assistants to join our Pathology team to deliver a safe and efficient diagnostic service, ensuring high standards of practice are achieved and maintained.

Key Responsibilities

• Data Entry: Accurately and efficiently enter data into the Pathology system.
• Specimen Handling: Label and process specimens, dispatch them to the appropriate laboratory area, place them on equipment for analysis, or prepare them for delivery to external laboratories.
• Rotational Duties: Participate in rotas to cover extended working hours, including Saturday and Sunday mornings and Bank Holidays.

Central Services Tasks

• Specimen Reception: Receive all specimens and request forms.
• Data Entry: Ensure accurate and timely data entry.
• Pre-Analysis: Conduct preliminary analysis of specimens.
• Results Line: Manage the central results line.
• Consumables Distribution: Distribute Pathology consumables to users.
• Report Management: Print and distribute laboratory reports.

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Role

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stacey Watkinson-Brown Job title: MLA Supervisor Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01623 622515

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Stacey Watkinson-Brown, MLA Supervisor: [e-mail]