Medical Laboratory Assistant - Blood Sciences | Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer scheme

Job summary

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for a Medical Laboratory Assistant in the Blood Sciences team at Weston General Hospital.

The post supports diagnostic services across Haematology, Blood Transfusion and Clinical Biochemistry, contributing to the workflow from pre-analytical to post-analytical stages and to the implementation of new automated instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining new equipment and supporting verification of instruments.
• Assist with sample workflow in automated laboratory settings.
• Handle filing of samples and storage/retrieval of consumables and reagents.
• Use laboratory information management systems and software to enter data daily.
• Attend mandatory training and maintain safety regulations.

Job description

Medical Laboratory Assistant - Blood Sciences | Bristol NHS Foundation Trust

Company: University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Laboratory Medicine at Weston General. This is a post for a permanent Medical Laboratory Assistant at the Weston General Hospital Pathology site within Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will be part of a team providing a diagnostic Blood Sciences service to the Trust. The team comprises Medical Laboratory Assistants (MLA), Biomedical Scientists, Clerical staff and Medical staff.

The post holder will be an important part of the Laboratory Medicine team, supporting implementation of the new laboratory instrumentation. They will work primarily in the automated laboratory within Haematology, Blood Transfusion and Clinical Biochemistry, assisting with sample workflow.

The post holder will be required to work routine, early, late, weekend and bank holiday shifts in order to support the routine and out of hours service. This will be part of a rota within the working team.

The post holder will contribute to the diagnosis and treatment of patients within the hospital by providing technical and data entry assistance to Departmental staff.

The post holder will perform a number of healthcare science technical activities including maintaining new equipment, supporting verification of instruments, and generally assisting colleagues where necessary.

• Supporting the implementation of new automated instrumentation as directed by Biomedical Scientists.
• Enabling the smooth workflow of samples between pre-analytical, analytical and post-analytical processes. Including use of various automated analysers and automated storage equipment.
• Collecting, sorting, prioritising and processing of samples in a busy environment while maintaining good working relationships with colleagues and service users.
• Filing of samples following completion of analysis into the appropriate storage systems.
• Retrieval of consumables and reagents from the stores, advising the senior BMS when the stock becomes low.
• Use of laboratory information management systems.
• Use of software packages including word processing, spreadsheets and databases to enter data on a daily basis.
• Use of e-mail to send authorised documents within Blood Sciences.
• Use of the document management system (Q-Pulse).
• To observe all applicable safety regulations and attend any mandatory and statutory training as required.
• To undertake such training as necessary to enhance and to improve performance within the Department.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that theSouth Westhas to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

Salary: £25,760 - £27,476 pa

Hours: Full-time

Location: Weston-super-Mare, BS23 4TQ

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 23 Oct 2026

Closing date: 22 Nov 2026

This advert closes on Friday 6 Nov 2026