Medical Laboratory Assistant

2 weeks ago


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

The Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) role will be based in the department of Microbiology. We are looking for applicants with clinical laboratory experience to participate in the activities of the department.

The MLA will be expected to receive ad collate patient samples when they first arrive in the laboratory. Also, to prepare samples received by the laboratory for analysis. The MLA will work with alongside a team of Associate practitioners, BMS and Senior BMS.

The Medical Laboratory Assistant will participate primarily in night and late shifts and Saturday and Sunday work where appropriate.

Accurate computer entry of data onto specialized laboratory computer system.

Primary processing of swabs, sputa, faeces, urines and other body fluids.

Loading and unloading of specialist automated detection system e.g. blood culture system, as well as the processing of potentially infectious positive blood cultures.

Preparation of antibiotic susceptibility tests.

Examination of clinical samples for the purpose of selecting appropriate culture media.

Processing of hazardous category 3 (high Risk) samples, e.g. processing of tissue samples, pleural fluids, sputum and bronchial lavages.

Carrying out staining procedures both manually and with the use of specialist staining machinery for detection of micro
- organisms (e.g. Gram Stains).

Usage of anaerobic cabinets.

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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Accurate computer entry of data onto specialized laboratory computer system. Use of QPulse document management system to access SOPs, record NCs and submit quality improvements.

Primary processing of swabs, sputa, faeces, urines and other body fluids utilizing aseptic techniques.

Loading and unloading of specialist automated detection system e.g. BD Bactec blood culture analyser, as well as the processing of potentially infectious positive blood cultures.

Preparation of antibiotic susceptibility tests.

Specialist bacterial culture media production, requiring accurate weighing of the powders and supplements. Use of autoclaves, pressure cookers and water baths to sterilize and prepare media.

Preparation of potentially hazardous biological fluids requiring accurate balancing for the purpose of centrifugation to achieve correct concentration
for bacterial culture.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for more information



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