Medical Laboratory Assistant (Advanced) - Histopathology

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in Sutton-in-Ashfield seeks a motivated Medical Laboratory Assistant (Advanced) to support their Histopathology team. Responsibilities include assisting Biomedical Scientists and contributing to diagnostic services. Candidates should hold at least 4 GCSEs and possess good communication and teamwork skills. This part-time role offers a salary range of £24,937 to £26,598 per annum pro rata, with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional growth and development

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• Experience as MLA in a Histopathology Department.
• Knowledge of scientific terminology.
• Previous tissue embedding or section cutting (microtomy) skills.

Responsibilities

• Support registered Biomedical Scientists in the Histopathology department.
• Ensure accurate diagnostic services and patient outcomes.
• Contribute to cancer screening programmes.

Skills

High levels of accuracy

Good communication skills

Ability to contribute to effective team working

Ability to organise own work

Education

Min. 4 GCSE or equivalent to grade C or above

IT Qualification

Job description

Medical Laboratory Assistant (Advanced) - Histopathology

The closing date is 23 October 2025

Are you a motivated and enthusiastic individual looking to make a difference in the field of Histopathology? Join our dynamic team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust!

About Us: Our busy Histopathology department provides essential diagnostic services to the Trust and surrounding community areas. We offer a comprehensive range of tissue analysis to aid in accurate diagnoses, ensuring the best outcomes for patients attending the Trust, General Practice, or private clinics. Our services also play a crucial role in cancer screening programmes.

Your Role: As an Advanced Medical Laboratory Assistant, you will support our registered Biomedical Scientists and be an integral part of our team.

What We Offer:

• A collaborative and supportive work environment
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• The chance to work with innovative technology in the field of Digital Pathology.

Join us in making a meaningful impact on patient care and advancing the future of Histopathology!

Main duties of the job

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

About us

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.

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Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Contractual Requirements

• Part time working hours (30 hours per week) working 4 out of 7 days

Knowledge

• Basic Medical Terminology
• Knowledge of Histological Laboratory Processes

Qualifications

• Min. 4 GCSE or equivalent to grade C or above
• IT Qualification

Skills/Attributes

• High levels of accuracy
• Good communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to contribute to effective team working
• Ability to organise own work to meet required deadlines

Further Training

• NVQ 2 (clinical lab support)
• Internal Training and experience For Cellular pathology techniques (Equivalent to NVQ 3)

Experience

• Experience as MLA in a Histopathology Department
• Knowledge of scientific terminology
• Previous tissue embedding or section cutting (microtomy) skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum pro rata