Medical Laboratory Assistant

1 month ago


WestonsuperMare, United Kingdom University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking to recruit a full time Medical Laboratory Assistant, to work within the Blood Sciences laboratories at Weston General Hospital, Weston-super-Mare. The post holder will be an important part of the Laboratory Medicine team, working within Haematology, Clinical Biochemistry and Specimen Reception. The post holder will contribute to the diagnosis and treatment of patients within the hospital by providing technical, scientific and data entry assistance to the Biomedical Scientists and other Departmental staff. The role involves shift work as the laboratory services operate within the hospital 24/7.

The post holder will be part of a team providing a diagnostic Blood Sciences service to the Trust. The team comprises Medical Laboratory Assistants (MLA), Biomedical Scientists, Associate Practitioners, Clerical staff and Medical staff. In addition, the postholder will interact with other staff in the Trust, especially portering staff and nursing staff.

The post holder will perform a number of healthcare science technical activities including undertaking specialist biomedical investigations on a range of body fluids under the supervision of a Health and Care Professions Council registered practitioner.
- Collecting, sorting, prioritizing and processing of samples in a busy environment while maintaining good working relationships with colleagues and service users.
- Specimen reception - activation and checking that request forms and specimens are labelled according to laboratory policy.
- Analysis of samples received for testing.
- Filing of samples following completion of analysis into the appropriate storage system.
- Retrieval of consumables and reagents from the stores, advising the senior BMS when the stock becomes low.
- Use of laboratory information management system.
- Use of the laboratory consumables ordering system to ensure stocks of reagents and consumables are maintained.
- Use of software packages including word processing, spreadsheets and databases to enter data on a daily basis.

For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description attached to this vacancy.



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