Band 3 Medical Laboratory Assistant

6 months ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom University Hospitals Birmingham Full time

**Job summary**:
We have exciting opportunities for Medical Laboratory Assistants within Clinical Microbiology at QEHB to provide support to our HCPC Registered Biomedical Scientists. The Trust is one of the largest acute Trusts in England, it is composed of four main hospital sites; Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital.

The post holder is responsible for processing patient specimens for biomedical testing and maintaining all records involved in the diagnostic pathway. This includes: receiving, sorting, labelling and preparing specimens; resolving issues such as mislabelled or missing samples, performing reception duties, data entry, dealing with telephone enquiries and relaying test results to clinicians and other healthcare workers, performing general housekeeping duties. Being able to work well under pressure and alongside members of the multi-disciplinary team is essential.

The post holder will be guided by Standard Operating Procedures but also propose improved ways of working. The post holder will deal with routine enquiries and know when to seek advice or when to refer non-routine matters to a supervisor.

Training will be provided on all internal systems. We are UKAS accredited to ISO 151899 standards MHRA approved, IBMS accredited for training and we support Continuous Professional Development.

**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
In providing a 24/7 service, there is requirement for working at weekends and bank holidays. Participation in overnight and late shifts would be necessary.

Main Duties
- To safely handle, use and dispose of biological samples.
- To receive, check conditions and record details of incoming goods
- To collect, receive, sort, check patient and request details, label and process and where appropriate despatch patient samples in line with Departmental procedure.
- To report to the relevant supervisor or manager any errors or incidents in line with Departmental procedure
- Perform a range of laboratory tests following standard operating procedures that require speed, accuracy and good hand eye co-ordination.
- Perform daily housekeeping duties
- Perform a range of administrative duties, including data entry, filing and scanning.
- Perform monitoring and recording of equipment for example temperature monitoring
- An understanding of automated instruments and equipment. Maintenance and problem solving will be crucial.

**About us**:
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

**Job description**:
*Please Note*: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential**:

- Education to GCSE in English and Maths.
- NVQ level 3 or equivalent.

**Experience**:
**Essential**:

- Awareness of National Health Service.
- Awareness of the role of Medical Laboratories.
- Awareness of Health and Safety issues.

**Disclosure and Barring Service Check**:



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