Medical Laboratory Assistant

2 months ago


Kettering, United Kingdom Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Medical Laboratory Assistant Cellular Pathology - Band 2

We are looking for an enthusiastic and reliable person to join our friendly and highly motivated Histology team at Kettering General Hospital.

**WHO WE ARE**:
The department receives over 30,000 specimens per year and undertakes all routine histological procedures including specimen dissection, microtomy, frozen sections, special stains and immunocytochemistry. We are UKAS accredited and registered with the IBMS as a pre and post registration training laboratory.

**WHERE WE ARE**:
Kettering offers great access to all the beautiful Northamptonshire countryside. It has excellent road and rail network links to and from London, the East Midlands and Birmingham and the hospital is just off the A14 giving easy access to the M1.

**WHAT YOU WILL BE DONG**:

- Be comfortable working within a team but also have the skills and confidence to work independently.
- Undertake computer data entry.
- You should be able to work accurately and efficiently
- Have the ability to concentre for protracted periods of time
- Excellent communication skills
- General administrative tasks
- Undertake numerical filing of specimen blocks and slides.
- Good organisational and data entry skills are essential

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

**Our Excellence Values**:
Compassion

Respect

Integrity

Courageous

Accountable

**WHY YOU SHOULD WORK FOR US**:

- Great learning and development opportunities to enable all staff to fulfil their potential
- Salary sacrifice schemes
- NHS agenda for change terms and conditions
- A generous annual leave provision
- NHS pension
- Flexible working

**1. Technical and Operational**:
The preparation of GP and surgical specimens for histological examination including:
: Reception and organisation of patient samples

: Assisting pathologists/Biomedical staff at specimen dissection

: Assisting with preparation of tissue for processing and embedding

a) Carry out a range of routine work procedures and practices according to the SOPs provided.

b) Perform manual procedures such as measurement of volumes and making up solutions.

c) Prepare samples for diagnostic testing and process them to the point of reporting.

d) Monitor laboratory stock levels.

e) Work to policies and processes within your working area and propose changes when required.

f) Be able to prioritise work and make informed judgements on daily processes.

g) Enter data manually into the laboratory computer system ready for reporting.

h) Maintain concentration required for the processing of samples for prolonged periods.

**2. Communication**:
a) Provide and receive routine information in written, electronic or verbal form for your own use but also to inform members of your team or users of the laboratory service.

b) Attend laboratory briefings when required and any other meetings deemed necessary by your manager.

c) Attend relevant training sessions when required.

d) You may be expected to demonstrate your own duties to other MLAs and where necessary provide them with basic training.

**3.Supervision**:
a) Be able to assist in the supervision of inexperienced MLAs within your area once trained and competent.

b) Work on your own initiative but with supervision available, using the guidance of SOPs and good practice policies.

**4. Working Environment**:
a) There will be frequent exposure to chemicals and possibly to micro-organisms which can cause disease.

b) Regular use of chemicals both hazardous and non-hazardous.

c) You will be expected to bend and lift boxes of reagents on a regular basis.



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