Job description
Up to £27,000 DOE
About us:
Health Services Laboratories (HSL) is a progressive partnership between The Doctors Laboratory, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust (Royal Free London) and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH).
Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. We combine The Doctors Laboratory’s long standing, specialist pathology expertise with the Royal Free London and UCLH’s internationally recognised heritage of continual research, development and academic excellence. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.
About the role:
An opportunity has arisen in the Genetics Department in the Halo Building. This lab processes a wide range of samples for genetic testing, including non invasive prenatal testing (NIPT).
We provide an efficient world-wide service for a wide range of molecular disciplines. The laboratory uses cutting edge diagnostic techniques and attention to detail is essential.
The successful applicant will be responsible for receiving samples into the laboratory, entering demographics onto the Laboratory Information System (LIM system WinPath), organising and distributing samples to the appropriate areas. Administration experience and interest is preferable although laboratory experience is not necessary.
You will receive, and where necessary, act upon, incoming calls to the laboratory and communicate with clients, either by phone or email, to resolve any discrepancies or omissions on assay request paperwork. They will be familiar with an administration environment and be able to work to SOP’s.
Working hours range from 8:30 – 17:00 or 9:00 – 17:30, Monday to Friday (37.5 hours), though flexibility may be required.
A competitive salary and benefits package reflecting the responsibility of this role and the experience of the applicant will be offered. Further information about our organisation can be found on our website, www.tdlpathology.com.
The laboratory is situated in central London, has full UKAS accreditation and offers a pleasant working environment with excellent staff facilities.
If you require further information about this position, please contact Dr Stuart Liddle by email: [email protected]
At HSL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:
- Training and development opportunities – including the funding of Undergraduate and Masters Degrees and IBMS Specialist Portfolios for Biomedical Scientists
- Annual performance related salary review
- No banding restrictions: As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling
- Discounted gym membership – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms
- Cash healthcare plan – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians
- Sick Pay Entitlement – 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter
- Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover
- Life Assurance – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)
- Employee Assistance Programme – supporting staff wellbeing
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket
- Perkbox – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts
- Company Pension Scheme – company and staff contributions which increase with years of service
- Competitive annual leave allowance - 28 days annual leave
- Flexible working hours – 37.5 hours standard working week. With a variety of working patterns available, options to review working flexibly will always be considered.
Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.
We respect and value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from diverse communities.
PLEASE NOTE: WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THIS VACANCY AT ANY TIME EVEN IF A CLOSING DATE IS SHOWN HERE OR IN ANY OTHER MEDIA
Vacancy ID :
018426
Closing Date :
17-May-2023
Health Services Laboratories (HSL)
www.hslpathology.com
London, United Kingdom
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