lab assistant Stevenage, England
Job description
We are recruiting for a Senior Medical Laboratory Assistant who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The Cellular Pathology team consisting of Medical consultants, biomedical scientists (BMS), Medical Laboratory Assistants (MLA) and secretarial support staff work together to deliver a high quality service, handling approximately 29,000 patient sample requests a year.
The department is well-equipped, fully computerised, and offers experience in all aspects of routine histology, diagnostic cytology, frozen sections and immunohistochemistry.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
You will be responsible for preparing and processing clinical specimens for biomedical testing, maintaining test record and assisting in the day-to-day running of the department.
Dealing with reception, and telephone queries from staff and other departments.
Maintaining clinical records in relation to activities carried out.
The work of the service brings staff into constant contact with human body fluids, human tissue and hazardous chemicals.
Experience working in a lab is essential.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role
