Trisomy Medical Laboratory Assistant Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

ZeroAge; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Nottingham is seeking a medical laboratory assistant to support the Trisomy Screening service. The role involves processing blood samples, maintaining laboratory supplies, and performing clerical duties. Ideal candidates are hardworking and detail-oriented, contributing to essential diagnostic services.

Benefits

Health and Wellbeing Activities

Qualifications

• Perform pre-analytical reception and processing duties.
• Accurate entry of patient demographics into software.
• General housekeeping duties including cleaning and stock control.

Responsibilities

• Receive, barcode label, and prepare blood samples for analysis.
• Load samples onto laboratory equipment and archive samples.
• Clerical duties including filing and taking telephone queries.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Hardworking

Enthusiasm

Job description

The Trisomy Screening service in Clinical Pathology at Nottingham University Hospitals provides a screening chance of a pregnancy being

affected by Down's, Edwards and Patau's syndromes for the antenatal populations of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. This is part of the National Foetal Anomaly Screening programme.

The laboratory team is looking to recruit a medical laboratory assistant to support this service.

Applications from hardworking, enthusiastic individuals with a keen eye for detail are welcomed.

The main duties of the role are to perform pre-analytical reception and processing duties including the receipt, barcode labelling and preparation

of blood samples for analysis. Accurate entry of patient demographics and pregnancy details into the laboratory risk calculation software. Loading

of samples on to laboratory equipment and sample archiving. Perform general housekeeping duties including maintaining stock levels, general

cleaning and waste disposal.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) is a large, teaching hospital comprising two sites, the Queens Medical Centre and the City Hospital.

With over 20,000 staff, NUH is one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population including maternity services

This role will be based in laboratories at City campus of NUH.

NUH offers a wide range of staff health and wellbeing activities and support.

Participation in the safe and efficient delivery of Trisomy and pre-eclampsia diagnostic services in the Specialist Laboratory section of Clinical Pathology.

This involves sample reception and booking-in of screening requests to the laboratory IT systems.

Pre-and post analytical blood sample processing.

Distribution of request cards, sample bottles and information leaflets to users.

Preparation and dispatch of low chance screening letters.

Clerical duties including filing, copying, monitoring screening email systems.

Taking telephone queries.

Housekeeping duties including general cleaning, waste disposal, stock control of laboratory supplies.

This advert closes on Friday 16 May 2025