MLA Specimen Reception

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking an enthusiastic individual to join their clerical and laboratory team in Basingstoke. Responsibilities include supporting Biochemistry, Haematology, and Blood Transfusion needs, booking patient samples into the system, and ensuring proper sample handling. Ideal candidates will be reliable, detail-oriented, and possess good interpersonal skills. A background or interest in Science is beneficial. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to healthcare excellence in the region.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and motivated individual with good attention to detail.
• Some data entry experience preferred.
• Good interpersonal skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Support clerical and laboratory needs of the Biochemistry, Haematology and Blood Transfusion teams.
• Book patients' samples onto the laboratory information system.
• Move samples to the appropriate testing area.

Skills

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Data entry experience

Enthusiastic and motivated

Interest in Science

Job description

Role Description

The successful applicant will work as part of a team supporting both the clerical and laboratory needs of Biochemistry, Haematology and Blood Transfusion. Your duties will include the receipt and booking of patients samples on to the laboratory information system and the movement of samples to the appropriate testing area.

Key Responsibilities & Qualifications

• An enthusiastic and motivated individual who is professional, reliable and flexible to join our friendly and hardworking team.
• Good attention to detail.
• Some data entry experience.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• An interest in Science.

Our Vision

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Cultural Ambition

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive. We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer. The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.