Higher Medical Laboratory Assistant

2 weeks ago

Nottingham, United Kingdom Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

Band 3

**Main area**
- Cellular Pathology

**Grade**
- Band 3

**Contract**
- Permanent: Covering a Monday to Saturday Service

**Hours**
- 37.5 hours per week (Full time 37.5 hours 5 days per week Monday to Saturday (rotational))

**Job ref**
- 164-5517598

**Site**
- Nottingham University Hospitals

**Town**
- Nottingham

**Salary**
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum

**Salary period**
- Yearly

**Closing**
- Today at 23:59

Job overview

The post holder will provide support to the Scientific and medical staff of the department. The main duties of the role are to:
Undertake laboratory-based work including the analysis of samples using various technologies. This may be located in any of the department’s sections.

Perform sample reception duties including the receipt, barcode labelling and preparation of samples for analysis

Perform clerical tasks including data input of patient demographics and test request information

Perform general housekeeping duties including maintaining stock levels, general cleaning and waste disposal

The post holder may be based at: City and/or QMC Campus

Main duties of the job

You will find a comprehensive job description attached. This will give you a detailed description for the expectation of your role. Please note, this job description should be regarded as a guide to the duties required and is not definitive or restrictive in any way. The duties of the post may be varied from time to time in response to changing circumstances. This job description does not form part of the contract of employment.

Working for our organisation

Working hours are 37.5 hours Monday to Saturday within 8.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. The post holder will be expected to work 5 days a week covering a Monday to Saturday service on a rotational basis. You will be required to work in the Histopathology laboratories on both QMC and City Hospital NUH Campuses.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This varied role involves rotation within all routine areas of Cellular Pathology, including Embedding, Microtomy, Dissection scribe, Specimen Reception and Immunohistochemistry, so previous knowledge of these areas would be advantageous. Keyboard skills are a requirement for this post, as is the ability to perform tasks requiring manual dexterity. The ability to work well in a team and be able to communicate effectively with others is of paramount importance. In this support role there is also a requirement for an amount of manual handling.

Person specification

**Qualifications**:
Essential criteria

Desirable criteria
- NVQ level 3 in Clinical Laboratory Support or equivalent, e.g. 2 science A levels or above

Experience

Essential criteria
- Previous practical laboratory experience in a Histopathology or similar environment

Desirable criteria
- Transferrable skills
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career

**Salary**: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the **Occupational Health Department **confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.

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