Medical Laboratory Assistant

7 days ago


Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Liverpool Clinical Laboratories are looking to recruit a Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) to become part of our Clinical Immunology team.

We are looking for a confident, enthusiastic and hardworking individual with good communication and team work skills.


You will be responsible for receiving and processing patient sample when they first arrive in the laboratory, and ensuring they are ready for analysis within the laboratory.

You will also be involved with data entry, sample processing for referral sites and general housekeeping duties. You will work alongside your fellow MLA's, as well as the wider laboratory team.

The core hours of the laboratory are 08:30 to 17:30, Monday to Friday.

Ensure the confidentiality of patient records and data according to Data Protection Act 1998, GDPR and Caldicott Guidelines


To perform all laboratory duties diligently and with due care and consideration to the health, safety and welfare of oneself and others.

Undergo on the job training in order to develop competence and confidence to perform technical duties independently.

Organise own work and ensure that results that have been produced are validated and quality controlled.

Willingness to work 7 days including Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays


Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.


The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.


It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.


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See Job Description for further details.

  • To receive and collate patients samples when they first arrive in the laboratory and perform the preliminary processing of specimens prior to analysis.
  • To store and keep detailed archive of samples and perform any clerical duties required.
  • To maintain an up to date knowledge of new developments in the laboratory.
  • To bring to the attention of BMS staff any problem specimens, urgent requests, leaking samples or any specimens that do not collate to the request form.
  • Notify senior BMS staff of stock usage and what needs to be ordered.
  • To report any adverse incidents or nonconformities or breaches of health and safety to a BMS or senior BMS.
  • Temperature monitoring of fridge, freezers, incubators and the environment.
  • General housekeeping including, removal of waste from the department, cleaning of safety cabinets, centrifuges and work surfaces, prepares disinfectants for use, regularly defrosts fridges and freezers.
  • Provides wards and clinics with Cryoglobulin sample pick up and transport.
  • Assists BMS staff with the retrieval of samples for processing and sending away samples to reference laboratories.
  • To attend laboratory meetings and encourage to participate in CPD.
  • To participate in Quality activities, such as audit and investigation of nonconformities.
  • To participate in H&S activities, such as risk and COSHH assessment.


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