Medical Laboratory Assistant

The main duties include preparation, labelling and data entry of clinical specimens for biological testing which have to be undertaken with care. It will be advantageous to have worked in a laboratory environment previously and some IT experience would be of benefit.

Within the blood sciences team there is a focus on abiding and working by the health board values of listening and improving, teamwork and respect. There is an emphasis on compassionate leadership, and we continually strive to improve the daily working experience for our staff.

The department is committed to continuous development and quality improvement, and you must be equally committed to these principles.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Pathology Department at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital for a Medical Laboratory Assistant who will be trained to work within our combined reception area, providing support to the Blood Sciences laboratory.

The applicant should have a good standard of general education and excellent written and verbal communication skills. Applicants should be able to demonstrate an attention to detail and an ability to learn new tasks.

The post-holder will be required to handle biological specimens, e.g. blood, faeces, urine, in accordance with Directorate Health & Safety Protocols and Standard Operating Procedures.

The main duties include preparation, labelling and data entry of clinical specimens for biological testing which have to be undertaken with care. It will be advantageous to have worked in a laboratory environment previously and some IT experience would be of benefit.

The department is UKAS accredited to ISO 15189 and is an accredited IBMS training laboratory.The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

**We live by our core values**:
We listen, learn and improve

We treat everyone with respect

We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

To receive, sort, check and bar code a variety of biological specimens. This is performed in a laboratory environment with many interruptions but you will be expected to perform these duties with maximum concentration. You will also be required to perform these duties using the personal protective equipment provided to ensure safety when dealing with the hazardous patient samples.

All tasks should be performed following Health and Safety and Standard Operating Procedure guidelines.

To accept specimens from patients and clinicians which arrive directly in the Laboratory and ensure correlation between the specimen and request form. The post holder will decide upon, and take appropriate action when required, to resolve any anomaly.

The post holder will be required to identify sample urgency and to act accordingly by ensuring these are fast tracked.

To input patient/specimen details for a variety of test requests from clinical sources into the Laboratory computer system using various formats.

The post holder will prepare these labelled samples for laboratory testing and where appropriate perform such procedures e.g. glucose tolerance tests.

The post holder will be required to perform manual tasks such as lifting large sample racks as well as storing supplies and emptying waste containers.

The post holder will be required to perform the maintenance of some laboratory equipment e.g. centrifuges, fridges, blood gas analysers.

Will perform general housekeeping duties e.g. decontamination of equipment and laboratory benches and replace sharps containers as and when required.

Due to the nature of the job a high degree of dexterity and multi-tasking ability is necessary.

Responds and deals with enquiries both clinical and non-clinical appertaining to the department. These may be from clinicians, patients or patients relatives.

Will perform a variety of laboratory based tasks, is required to handle biological specimens and will have patient contact via telephone calls and direct patient contact when undertaking glucose tolerance testing. These duties must be performed in a caring, tactful and professional manner.

Receives, sorts, checks and barcodes a variety of biological specimens, ensuring correlation and resolving any anomaly.

Undertakes some specimen processing. Will be required to identify sample urgency.

Has responsibility for the preparation, labelling and data entry of clinical specimens for biological testing. The pos