Medical Laboratory Assistant

4 months ago


Ipswich, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who is professional, reliable, innovative and flexible to join our friendly and hardworking team in our Histopathology Department at Ipswich Hospital as a Medical Laboratory Assistant.

You will be required to work a variety of shifts over a 24 hour period to help support the technical staff to maintain a safe and effective service. Flexible shift working including evenings, weekends and nights is essential for this role.

We are looking for an experienced Medical Laboratory Assistant in Histopathology with prior NHS experience who can understand the changing services of pathology and represent the new service going forward.

About our Pathology Service

Performs a range of routine and non-routine healthcare science activities under supervision, e.g. performs standard biochemical/haematological tests.

Maintains clinical records in relation to activities carried out.

Demonstrate own duties to new or less experienced employees.

To work flexibly in reflection of service needs this may include an extended working day, and Saturday working.

The work of the service brings staff into constant contact with human body fluids, tissues and hazardous chemicals. This may include blood, pus, urine, faeces, and respiratory secretions.

Maintain and promote professional image of pathology department

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.



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