Medical Laboratory Assistant - Microbiology

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; West Carr; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking Medical Laboratory Assistants to join their busy team in Hull Microbiology. Full-time and part-time opportunities are available. Responsibilities include preparing clinical specimens for testing, handling queries, and participating in various laboratory duties. The position requires reliable, hard-working individuals who work well in teams. Benefits include access to the NHS Pension Scheme and generous holiday entitlement, among others.

Benefits

Access to NHS Pension Scheme

27-33 days holiday

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Discounts on various services

Qualifications

• Candidates must be sociable and work well as part of a team.
• Experience in handling clinical samples preferred.
• Good understanding of Standard Operating Procedures.

Responsibilities

• Prepare clinical specimens for testing.
• Handle telephone queries from healthcare professionals.
• Perform data entry and sample preparation tasks.
• Participate in late shifts, weekends, and bank holidays.

Skills

Reliability

Hard-working

Teamwork

Innovative

Tools

Winpath LIMS

Job description

We are looking for 2 full time ( 37.5 hours per week) and 1 part time (22.5 hours per week) suitable candidates to join our busy and friendly team in Hull Microbiology as Medical Laboratory Assistants. We are looking to appoint candidates who are reliable, hard-working, and who would welcome the challenge of joining our team. Our department is committed to training, high-quality diagnostics and clinical excellence. You will be joining a team of laboratory staff that delivers a medical laboratory service to the Trust and the wider region as part of the SHYPS network (Scarborough, Hull, York Pathology service). You will perform a wide range of tasks to support Biomedical Scientists performing diagnostic testing in the department. These tasks include preparation of clinical specimens for testing, handling telephone queries from other healthcare professionals, reception and admin duties, and various other technical and clerical roles. We are looking for individuals who are hard working, innovative, sociable, and work well as part of a team. It will eventually be a contractual requirement for the successful candidates to participate in the late shifts, weekend and bank holidays rosters. The main duties of the post will be based in the Microbiology Laboratory, receiving and booking in samples into our LIMS (Winpath) system. Duties include data entry, aspects of sample preparation in addition to referral samples and answering the phone to service users and other general laboratory duties. This position offers an excellent opportunity to work within a well equipped Microbiology department performing a wide range of diagnostic tests and be part of a developing Pathology network.

General responsibilities

• Complies with good work practices in accordance with the standards of UKAS and other relevant professional and legislative bodies.
• Attend and completes appropriate meetings and mandatory training
• Maintain good working relations with all staff, and promote effective teamwork.

Technical

• Perform work strictly in accordance with Standard Operating Procedures.
• Safe handling of blood, urine and other clinical samples.
• Stores samples and reagents appropriately.
• Sorts specimens and forms, identifying any problems or anomalies with samples.
• Performs general housekeeping duties, such as cleaning, disinfecting and record-keeping.
• Deals with queries from other departments or the public, complying with relevant Trust confidentiality policies.

Laboratory informatics

• Uses laboratory computer systems according to the authorised protocols – includes data input and recall.

Benefits

• 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 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 from a range of providers

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