Medical Laboratory Assistant

Medical Laboratory Assistant Stockport, England

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Full Time Stockport, England 22383 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

MLA POST

Pathology Department (Stockport NHS Foundation Trust) Medical Laboratory Assistant

The Pathology department at Stepping Hill Hospital are seeking a medical laboratory assistant to join the trust. The successful applicant would be joining a passionate and highly motivated staffing group providing diagnostic services to the hospital patients and wider community.

The role is supporting the delivery of Blood Sciences services. As the suitable candidate you will have laboratory experience, data input experience , strong attention to detail and accuracy combined with high work rate. The post-holder will be provided full training to work in the Blood Sciences team to prepare samples for analysis, including the logging of sample requests into the Telepath

The laboratory provides a comprehensive 24/7 service to the hospital; due to the nature of the workload, working hours will be flexible to meet service requirements, and shifts subject to AfC supplementary payments over the base salary will be available on a voluntary basis.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

  • Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
  • NHS pension scheme membership
  • Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
  • NHS Staff discounts
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
  • Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Main Duties and Responsibilities
  • The receipt, recording and preparation of a variety of patient samples e.g. blood, urine, faeces and other body fluids.
  • To sort and identify specimens received in the Laboratory.
  • To enter patient’s details and other data onto the computer.
  • Have good computer literacy and typing skills
  • To assist the Biomedical Scientists in technical duties as required under supervision of the Biomedical Scientists.
  • Perform general clerical duties associated with the work of the Laboratory, including filing, telephone answering, photocopying etc.
  • To work with other team members to cover absence due to sickness and annual leave.
  • Perform other miscellaneous duties under supervision and according to protocols laid down.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
  • If successful this vacancy will require a Standard DBS check at a cost of £21.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.

Medical Laboratory Assistant
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

www.stockport.nhs.uk
Stockport, United Kingdom
Helen Thomson
$100 to $500 million (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Hospital
Healthcare Services & Hospitals
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