Senior Medical Laboratory Assistant

7 months ago


Brighton, United Kingdom 279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are seeking a dynamic, motivated and forward-thinking senior medical laboratory assistant (MLA) to help support the day to day activities of the special chemistry section, within the biochemistry lab of the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.

The department provides a diagnostic Clinical Biochemistry service to University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, General Practitioners through Primary Care Trusts, and a specialist service to other NHS Trusts in Sussex, Surrey, and Kent. It holds ISO accreditation 15189, and is approved by the Institute of Biomedical Sciences as a training laboratory.

Major investment is on-going within the Trust and, with the building of the Teaching, Trauma and Tertiary care centre over the next few years, will reinforce the Trust as a key player in South East England.

Please note, this post is not suitablefor those seeking training as a biomedical scientist.

As part of this role, the successful applicant would work in the special chemistry section, primarily assisting in faecal immunochemical testing as part of the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening programme and calprotectin analysis. The applicant would also be expected to assist in supporting the day to day working of biomedical scientists to provide a high quality clinical laboratory service. This includes both analytical and administrative tasks such as equipment maintenance and stock management.

The successful applicant would work alongside and under the supervision of HCPC-registered biomedical scientists to provide a clinical diagnostic service to service users within the trust and to surrounding primary care services and other hospitals.

Special chemistry consists of Toxicology, First Trimester Screening and Manual Chemistry and is well equipped with state of the art equipment for the analysis of drugs of abuse, trace-metals, faecal haemoglobin and calprotectin, renal stone analysis, monoclonal proteins and more, on equipment such as DS2 ELISA work stations, high-resolution mass spectrometers and gel electrophoresis, infra-red spectrometers and more.

The applicant would be expected to work core shifts (Monday to Friday) and participate in a weekend/bank holiday day shift rota.

Join us at UHSussex, every day is different, you can be the change, better never stops

At UHSx we’re proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UK’s largest acute Trusts, we’re a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

**Improving lives**: We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put our Patient First. Our mission is summed up by our ‘where better never stops’ motto and no matter the role at UHSx, you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex. We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our wellbeing programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

**Build a career with us**: As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

In addition to the above, please see the attached job description and person specification for full details.



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