Biomedical Assistant

3 months ago

Leicester, United Kingdom University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Full time

**JOB TITLE**: Biomedical Assistant

**BAND**: 3 (£22,816 - £24,336)

**BASE**: Your primary base will be UHL however travel between UHL’s hospital sites will be required

**HOURS**: 37.5hrs/week

**REPORTS TO**: Laboratory Manager

**ACCOUNTABLE TO**: Clinical Director through the Head of Service/ General Manager

7.5 hours/day within the period 08.00 to 18.00 - after training

Are you looking for a new challenge?

Do you want to become a valued member of a vital health care team?

The Department of Cellular Pathology provides a diagnostic service to the Hospitals and General Practitioners in Leicestershire. The department is a busy one, receiving approximately 60,000 specimens per year and has a number of full-time, permanent biomedical assistant vacancies.

As a Biomedical Assistant you will be part of a professional team and will assist scientific and medical staff in our laboratories at Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General and Glenfield hospitals. Main duties will involve specimen reception, data entry, preparation of samples and general housekeeping tasks in this important aspect of healthcare.

Previous experience of laboratory work isnotrequired as full training will be given.

This is not a Biomedical Scientist training post and therefore not an ideal position for trainee biomedical scientists.

Previous unsuccessful applicants need not apply.

We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children’s Hospital and run one of the country’s leading heart centres.

Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.

Our purpose is to provide ‘Caring at its best’ and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we’re here to do. They are:

- We focus on what matters most
- We treat others how we would like to be treated
- We are passionate and creative in our work
- We do what we say we are going to do
- We are one team and we are best when we work together

Our patients are at the heart of all we do and we believe that ‘Caring at its best’ is not just about the treatments and services we provide, but about giving our patients the best possible experience.

**About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust**: (leicestershospitals.nhs.uk)
- To demonstrate a basic understanding of what tests are performed and why they are performed.
- To operate and maintain automated equipment according to SOP’s
- The microtomy of selected paraffin processed blocks as appropriate and subsequent selection and production of diagnostic tissue sections for staining.
- The preparation of non-gynaecological cytology specimens for diagnosis.
- To use the Laboratory Information System according to the authorised policies and SOP’s.
- To undertake general laboratory housekeeping, monitoring stock levels and requesting consumables / reagents.
- To maintain the levels of personal and professional standards set by the Laboratory Manager.

Please see attached job description for more information.

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