Medical Laboratory Assistant - Blood sciences

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Willerby; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Relocation package up to 30% of salary

Job summary

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking staff to support Biomedical Scientists. The role involves preparing clinical specimens for testing, handling queries, and performing reception/admin and portering duties across Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital.

The site operates 24/7, with shifts including days, evenings, nights and weekends. The post holder will join a team delivering a regional medical laboratory service and will be part of a flexible

Qualifications

• Preparation of clinical specimens for biological testing.
• Handling telephone queries from healthcare professionals.
• Reception and admin duties.
• Portering and blood portering support tasks.

Responsibilities

• Delivering Blood products to hospital locations.
• Pre-analytical preparation of specimens.
• Use of Pre-analytical analysers.
• Answering telephone enquiries.
• Light admin duties.
• Light housekeeping duties.

Job description

Based at Hull The post holder will perform a wide range of tasks to support Biomedical Scientists. These include preparation of clinical specimens for biological testing, handling telephone queries from other healthcare professionals, reception and admin duties, and various other technical, clerical, portering and blood portering roles. The post holder is a member of a team of laboratory staff that delivers a medical laboratory service to the Trust and the wider region. The laboratory provides a 24 hour service, 7 days a week through the whole year. The post holder will be required to work a mixture of days, evenings, nights, and weekends (including Bank Holidays) over both Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital sites in the provision of a clinical laboratory service.,

• Delivering Blood products to hospital locations
• Pre-analytical preparation of specimens.
• Use of Pre-analytical analysers
• Answering telephone enquiries
• Light admin duties
• Light housekeeping duties We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance through a of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.