Medical Laboratory Assistant

2 weeks ago


Sheffield, United Kingdom Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level? Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team and play a part in the transformation of pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw? Do you want to work in a fully UKAS-accredited, modern laboratory environment where you can make a difference?

The Department of Blood Sciences is seeking to recruit to the post of Medical Laboratory Assistant - Higher Level (HMLA).

MLAs provide a critical role within the laboratories by performing many of the pre-analytical procedures on pathological samples, data input, retrieval, issuing reports and other general laboratory duties.

The successful individual will join a team in the departments of Haematology and Clinical Chemistry (Blood Sciences) at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital site. The post holder will be involved in laboratory duties supporting the scientific teams testing blood samples. Routine duties will include reception, storage, and retrieval of blood samples, maintaining reagent stocks and equipment maintenance.

We are seeking an individual who can work in an organised manner, is a team player, has good IT skills and has some experience of delivering training. Appropriate training will be given for all aspects of the job.

To assist scientific staff in laboratory activities. This includes the receipt, pre
- and post-analytical processing of samples, performing simple laboratory duties and techniques to agreed protocols and the maintenance and monitoring of diagnostic equipment.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

STHFT operates with a budget of £1.2 bn, has a workforce of over 18,500 employees, covers five hospital sites, provides care from over forty community settings, and has an excellent reputation for research.

The department comprises of Clinical Chemistry, Haematology, Blood Transfusion, Coagulation, Immunology and Point of Care Testing and is based at the Royal Hallamshire and Northern General Hospitals providing an analytical diagnostic service to patients.

The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology Partnership are invested in training, developing, and supporting staff in all aspects including academic courses from certificates of achievement, registration, specialist and higher specialist IBMS portfolios, apprenticeships and leadership and management qualifications.

We pride ourselves in enabling opportunity across all our sites to develop staff and provide a strong and sustained service for the future.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.



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