Pathology Administration Assistant (Bedford)

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks an experienced administrator for the Pathology Department. Responsibilities include assisting with diagnostic reports, managing patient requests, and supporting the office staff. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong organizational and communication skills and is committed to high-quality service delivery. This is a full-time role that may involve weekend shifts.

Benefits

Comprehensive training programs

Supportive work culture

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in administrative roles is essential.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks.
• Commitment to high quality service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Assist in issuing and filing diagnostic reports.
• Enter results and patient requests onto the LIMS system.
• Type minutes from meetings as needed.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and experienced administrator within the Support Services Team in the Pathology Department. The successful candidate may be required to assist with the issuing and filing of diagnostic reports and supporting the core service work of the department. This will involve a measure of independent judgement in order that the priority work will be maintained at all times. The post holder will need to demonstrate a commitment to the delivery of high quality service to patients and other service users. Some weekend and extended day working (20:00) may be required.

Key Relationships

• Consultant Pathologists
• Office staff
• Specimen reception staff
• Laboratory staff
• Laboratory managerial staff
• Laboratory support staff
• Service users
• Senior Management Team
• The post-holder is expected to accept and undertake work in a willing manner and put their time to effective use.
• Enter results onto the Laboratory Information management system (LIMS). This could be audio or paper.
• Enter patient requests onto the LIMS system.
• Type minutes from audio recorded meetings as appropriate.
• Disseminate agendas, minutes and action trackers ahead of pre booked meetings as appropriate.

About the Trust

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.

Our Values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required.

Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Contact

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Chloe McGuinness
Job title: Admin Site Lead (Bedford)
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 01234 355122