Senior Pathology Support Worker, Bank, Immunology

Ashford And St Peter'S Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Chertsey, Ashford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a bank Laboratory Assistant role in the Immunology department. Initially for 6 months, the post requires a flexible, reliable team player with good organisation and attention to detail to operate lab equipment safely and accurately.

The role splits roughly 50/50 between Immunology specimen reception and supporting Biomedical Scientists with analysers.

Qualifications

• GCSE/Level 2 including English and maths required.
• Experience of working within Pathology would be advantageous.
• Experience of Immunology techniques is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Handle specimen reception and sample referral tasks.
• Support Biomedical Scientists with analysers.
• Answer calls and manage emails and data entry into LIMS.
• Maintain cleanliness and general housekeeping in the lab.

Skills

Communication

Education

GCSE/Level2

Job description

Job summary

THIS IS A BANK POST, INITIALLY FOR 6 MONTHS: We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated candidate who has some general laboratory skills for the accurate and safe use of laboratory equipment but Immunology experience is not necessary. To be successful, the candidate will need a flexible attitude towards work with good organisational skills, attention to detail and communication. They must have the ability to work under pressure and work well within a team as well as being friendly and reliable,

Main duties of the job

Once trained, the successful candidate will spend approximately 50% of their working time in Immunology specimen reception and sample referral and 50% supporting the Biomedical Scientists running the analysers. Specimen reception duties include answering the telephone, responding to emails, tracking blood and urine samples into the racks, sample disposal and general housekeeping duties such as water bath maintenance. Sample referral duties include packaging samples ready for posting and entering results onto the LIMS.

Supporting the Biomedical Scientists running the analysers will include retrieving samples, loading samples and reagents, maintenance of the analysers and returning samples to the racks.

Team work is key in all areas of the laboratory and you must be flexible as the rota may be changed at short notice depending on staff sickness / workload. You must be able to work quickly and efficiently and with excellent attention to detail. Good communication with your colleagues as well as good time management is essential in this busy laboratory as we all work together to produce high quality results for the patients.

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:

• Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
• On-site Nurseries
• On-site staff cafes
• On-site parking
• Support in career development
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics

Job responsibilities

Please refer to attached job description.

This post involves routine laboratory duties to support the department including:

• Receipt of samples from main specimen reception
• Tracking samples electronically into racks
• Disposal of samples/reagents,
• Responsibility for the referral of samples to other laboratories
• Packaging samples according to postal regulations
• Entry of results into the laboratory computer information system (LIMS).
• Complete stock control checklists
• Answering the telephone
• Responding to department emails
• Comply with requirements for mandatory training
• Assist in training new staff
• Loading and running a variety of analysers under the supervision of a BMS

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oEducation to GCSE, GNVQ level 2 or equivalent to include English and maths.

Attitude, behaviours and values

Essential

• Always puts patients first
• Takes pride in their work and their team
• Flexible in their attitudes and behaviours to support team working and delivery of objectives

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within Pathology
• Evidence examples of team working

Desirable

• Experience of Immunology techniques
• Experience of laboratory IT systems and data entry

Skills

Essential

• You are able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role

Other requirements

Essential

• Able to demonstrate that you are honest, reliable and trustworthy
• Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
• A team worker/player
• Motivated and willing to develop knowledge and skills

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.