Medical Laboratory Assistant
6 months ago
The Cellular Pathology service at Liverpool Clinical Laboratories consists of multiple departments, including Histopathology, Immunocytochemistry, Molecular Pathology, Cytopathology, Ophthalmic Pathology, mortuary and bereavement services, medical examiners service and forensic pathology.
The directorate receives in excess of 65,000 cases per year and is the largest provider of specialist Cellular Pathology services within Cheshire and Merseyside. The department consists of over 100 members of staff, including Medical Laboratory Assistants, Associate Practitioners, Biomedical Scientists, Consultant Pathologists, pathology trainees and administrative and managerial staff working together to deliver the specialist Cellular Pathology service at LCL for Cheshire and Merseyside
The department’s operating hours are 07:00 to 19:00 Monday to Friday and 08:00 to 16:00 Weekends and Bank Holidays.
**The successful incumbent will be responsible for**:
- Specimen reception and archive duties such as receipt of specimens, filing of paraffin blocks, filing of diagnostic slides and receipt and distribution of clinical materials for specialist review
- Taking receipt of deliveries
- Maintenance and audit of departmental reagent and consumable levels
- Maintenance and preparation of departmental diagnostic reagents and solvents
- Maintenance of specialist departmental equipment
- Maintenance of the specimen store, including disposal of human tissue waste
- Ensuring the safe disposal of laboratory waste (non-clinical, clinical and human tissue) whilst adhering to safe practice at all times
- Assisting with specimen dissection
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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See Job Description for further details.
The post holder will be required to carry out all duties relevant to a Medical Laboratory Assistant 3, including participation in all aspects of the Histopathology MLA3 rota. This post is essential for the day to day running of the service and will work closely with all other staff within the directorate to deliver the highest quality standard of patient care.
To provide a support role to the qualified staff of the department which provides a diagnostic service to the Trust and other Pathology users, working within the Health and Safety policy of the Trust
Key responsibilities
1.1 Maintain reagent levels and preparing simple solutions.
1.2 Filing microscope slides, tissue blocks and relevant paperwork.
1.3 Retrieval of material from the archives
1.4 Taking receipt of solvent deliveries. Ensuring that the paperwork is completed fully and correctly.
1.5 Ensure the department is appropriately stocked with solvent.
1.6 To take delivery of cardice and other consumables as requested.
1.7 To safely store and monitor levels of consumables.
1.8 Move stocks to and from the consumable storage area as requested
1.9 Ensure the safe disposal of various groups of laboratory waste (paper, chemical, human tissues, glass etc)
1.10 Receive specimens into the department ensuring correct patient identification.
1.11 Store specimens safely and appropriately prior to and after processing.
1.12 To keep working areas in a clean and tidy fashion.
1.13 To complete the appropriate quality documentation as necessary.
1.14 To man multidiscipline off site specimen reception at Broadgreen Hospital (holiday cover)
1.15 To embed processed material.
1.16 To assist pathologists and BMS staff at cut-up.
2.1 Adherence to the organisation’s health and safety policy, ensuring personal safety and to avoid putting others at risk.
2.2 To participate in the department’s appraisal scheme.
3.1 Use the departmental computer system as required.
3.2 Participate in meetings as required.
3.3 Ensure patient confidentiality at all times.
3.4 To process enquiries appropriately
4.1 To clean glassware for use by laboratory staff
4.2 Daily maintenance of equipment.
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