Medical Laboratory Assistant Apprenticeship

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an apprentice to support routine laboratory operations in a hospital setting. The role involves assisting with portering, equipment maintenance, waste segregation and stock control, with opportunities to participate in SOP reviews and audits.

The apprenticeship requires numerate, literate candidates with GCSEs including Maths, English and Science; experience in healthcare or transferable skills are welcome, and a commitment to learning alongside

Qualifications

• Numerate and literate with GCSEs including Maths, English and Science at grade C/4 or equivalent.
• Experience in healthcare setting or transferable skills.
• Basic understanding of stem cell transplantation.

Responsibilities

• Assist with general laboratory portering and routine maintenance of equipment to specification.
• Assist with clean room suite cleaning with biocides and environmental monitoring.
• Segregate laboratory waste and dispose appropriately; manage stock rotation and storage.
• Participate in training and contribute to SOP reviews, audits and required documentation.
• Support quality improvement and regulatory compliance activities in the department.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication

Prioritisation

Confidentiality

Calculations

Clear writing

Stem cell basics

Apprenticeship commitment

Healthcare interest

Education

GCSEs including Maths English Science

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information please refer to the job description and personal specification

• 2.1 To assist with general laboratory portering.
• 2.2 To assist with the routine maintenance, cleaning and use of laboratory equipment.
• 2.3 Perform clean room suite and general laboratory cleaning with biocide reagents and participate in environmental monitoring.
• 2.4 Segregating all laboratory waste into defined categories and disposing appropriately.
• 2.5 Managing clean-room laundry.
• Assist in regular stock control of all consumable items, batch control, lot number logging and effective stock rotation and storage
• 2.1 To participate in training and assessment for specified tasks, completing programmes to a satisfactory level of competence.
• 2.2 To participate in the departmental programme of quality improvement and regulatory compliance. This will involve participation in the review and writing of SOPs, assisting with audits and validations and the generation of appropriate documentation.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Numerate and literate (minimum 4 GCSE's, or equivalent, incl. Maths & English & a Science at grade C/4)

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience in a similar role within a healthcare setting or equivalent education with transferable skills.

Desirable criteria

• Working in a hospital laboratory

Skills Abilities/knowledge

Essential criteria

• Able to work accurately to specific operating requirements and instructions
• Excellent organisational ability
• Able to work accurately with meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to plan and prioritise own work and know when to seek advice or escalation problems
• Able to clearly relay messages and describe situations
• Understand confidentiality as applies to role
• Ability to accurately perform calculations
• Ability to write clearly, precisely and grammatically
• Very basic understanding of stem cell transplantation
• Demonstrates commitment to undertaking the apprenticeship alongside the role and engaging fully with the required learning and development.
• A desire to work in healthcare

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of relevant laboratory Health and Safety procedures

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

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Flu Vaccination - What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.