Pathology Lab Support & Sample Prep Specialist

NHS Jobs; Blackburn (OK); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a conscientious Records and Sample Reception Clerk to join our pathology team. You will receive and sort pathology samples, label and prepare them for analysis, and ensure requests outside the Specimen Acceptance Criteria are flagged to senior staff.

You will enter data into the laboratory system, handle waste per policy, maintain stock, assist with equipment, and support departmental meetings and training.

Responsibilities

• Receive and sort pathology samples.
• Distribute samples to departments.
• Label samples and prepare them for analysis.
• Record and inform service users and senior staff of requests received that do not comply with the Specimen Acceptance Criteria.
• Enter data onto the laboratory computer system.
• Dispose of clinical and non-clinical waste in accordance with Trust and departmental policies.
• Clean and decontaminate working areas and equipment in accordance with laboratory protocols and record such actions.
• Assist with the use and maintenance of some laboratory equipment.
• Maintain adequate stocks of consumables and ensure any stock is stored in a timely manner.
• Communicate with a limited range of staff
• Be expected to communicate in a pleasant and caring manner at all times whilst maintaining confidentiality.
• Attend department meetings as required, to ensure an awareness of developments within the work area.
• Maintain an effective communication network; verbal, written and electronic,
• Assist in maintaining, recording and storing information, including patient records, in line with Trust policy.
• Training is provided and assessed in the department as defined in the Training Manual for Specimen Reception
• Be trained to have a working knowledge of all health and safety procedures
• Participate in the appraisal process and, as part of the appraisal, in discussion with the line manager, develop an annual Personal Development Plan to identify training and development needs in line with personal and organisational objectives
• Develop own skills and knowledge.
• Attend mandatory training as directed.
• Assist in the training of new staff when required.
• General clerical and administrative duties including scanning request forms, photocopying, filing and shredding confidential waste.
• Completing records in Specimen Reception, for example fridge temperatures in compliance with laboratory protocols
• Maintain confidentiality at all times, ensuring information is only divulged to authorised sources and by appropriate means.
• Exercise independent judgement and initiative by taking appropriate action to resolve any problems when they arise.
• Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others.

Skills

Attention to detail

Data entry

Communication skills

Confidentiality

Job description

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a conscientious Records and Sample Reception Clerk to join our pathology team. You will receive and sort pathology samples, label and prepare them for analysis, and ensure requests outside the Specimen Acceptance Criteria are flagged to senior staff.

You will enter data into the laboratory system, handle waste per policy, maintain stock, assist with equipment, and support departmental meetings and training.