Senior Medical Laboratory Assistant

2 weeks ago


Truro, United Kingdom Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

The principle roles are to provide day to day line management and professional supervision to the MLA Team working within Blood Sciences, ensuring best practice and adherence to Trust policies and procedures. Providing senior technical support work through all sections within Blood Sciences.

The post holder will be responsible for the allocation of work within MLA Team. The innovative postholder will ensure that staffing and other resources within the remit of Blood Sciences Labs are managed to achieve objectives and key performance indicators.

The main duties of this job description are explained; however, these will continue to evolve as the Trust develops to meet corporate objectives and NHS targets.

People Management

Manage day-to-day the MLA Team ensuring workflow and output is managed to meet Trust targets and escalating poor performance to lab leads,

Deliver an effective Development Review structure that ensures all individuals receive an annual review against NHS KSF Core Competency Standards,

Manage sickness absence and attendance to include, recording and reporting all absences ensuring that self-certification or GP certification of sickness absence is received and appropriately held on personnel files, undertaking back to work interviews,

Participate sickness absence management meetings with staff whose attendance give cause for concern or exceed the Trust absence management targets,

Participate in the recruitment, selection and induction process of new staff within the Care Group in line with Trust Policy, including local induction into relevant departments,

Oversee training and competency assessment of MLA staff,

Responsible for ensuring that all team members receive mandatory training,

Manage and plan for periods of absence due to holiday and sickness ensuring acceptable levels of cover during these periods.

Resource Management

Manage the MLA staffing levels within a pre-determined level of funded resource,

Identify, in conjunction with the Lab Leads when additional staff are required to maintain safe service delivery,

Provide guidance to the MLA Team, ensuring that all procedures are accurately followed giving on the job training and advice as appropriate,

The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with

visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.

We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.

The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.

Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.

The principle roles are to provide day to day line management and professional supervision to the MLA Team working within Blood Sciences, ensuring best practice and adherence to Trust policies and procedures. Providing senior technical support work through all sections within Blood Sciences.

The post holder will be responsible for the allocation of work within MLA Team. The innovative postholder will ensure that staffing and other resources within the remit of Blood Sciences Labs are managed to achieve objectives and key performance indicators.

The main duties of this job description are explained; however, these will continue to evolve as the Trust develops to meet corporate objectives and NHS targets.



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