Medical Laboratory Assistant | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

The Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Medical Laboratory Assistant to join the Biochemistry team at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. You will contribute to processing specimens and handling data that directly support patient diagnosis and clinical care, while enjoying a friendly, collaborative environment and strong team camaraderie.

The post holder will operate as an MLA within the Lancashire and South Cumbria Pathology Service, with duties including specimen

Responsibilities

• Maintain/operate the Specimen Sample Sorter by performing maintenance, cleaning, troubleshooting and repair according to manufacturer specifications (full training given).
• Understand the importance of urgent analysis of samples with special requirements, prioritising this work accordingly
• Process and file patient samples.

Job description

Medical Laboratory Assistant | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Salary: £25,272 Enhances salary for evening and weekend shifts

Are you a driven, passionate individual looking to join an innovative and fast paced team in Pathology? Then this could be the role for you!

You will find satisfaction in knowing your role in processing samples and handling data directly supports patient diagnosis and clinical care together with friendly daily interactions and strong camaraderie with our co-workers within Biochemistry

The post holder will serve as a Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) for the Lancashire and South Cumbria Pathology Service based at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. Main responsibilities include processing specimens and routine laboratory tasks. Full training is provided. They will be required to participate in the MLA shift rota.

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

• To maintain/operate the functioning of the Specimen Sample Sorter by performing maintenance, cleaning, troubleshoot procedures and resolve/repair commonly occurring faults according to manufacturer’s specifications (full training given).
• To understand the importance for the urgent analysis of samples with special requirements, prioritising this work accordingly
• To process and file patient samples.

This advert closes on Thursday 12 Nov 2026

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust