Medical Laboratory Assistant

3 weeks ago


Torquay, United Kingdom Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust Full time

**Employer**: Torbay and South Devon Healthcare

**Department**: Central Pathology Reception (General Pathology)

**Location**: Laboratory Medicine, Level 3, Torbay Hospital

18.75 Hours per week (Core hours are 13:30 - 5.30pm Monday - Friday ( with expectation to work on some days until 6pm on a rotational basis)

Some Saturday and Bank Holiday work will be required

Torbay and South Devon Healthcare is a Foundation Trust which provides healthcare services for a population of over 300,000. The Laboratory Medicine Directorate provides a comprehensive Pathology service for the Acute Trust, associated NHS organizations and GPs.

The Central Pathology Reception provides a vital role for the Laboratory Medicine directorate in the pre-analytical processing and data entry of over 3000 blood samples a day for the Biochemistry and Haematology Laboratories and approximately 600 samples for Microbiology. The laboratory uses the Laboratory Information System Winpath 5.32. Electronic requesting is carried out via Cyberlab but some manual data entry is still carried out.

A position is now available in this busy Department.

You will need to work well as part as a team and have excellent communication skills and telephone manner.

To be responsible for the receipt, initial preparation of pathology samples and data processing of test request forms and Order-Comms samples.

Prepare blood, urine, faeces and fluid samples for analysis.

Make and receive routine telephone calls to/from GP’s, Medical, Nursing and other Healthcare Professional Staff.

Deal with visitors to the Reception hatch.

Provide routine, discipline specific, assistance to laboratory staff

Challenging and varied role, with an opportunity to support Laboratory Medicine in making a positive difference to patient outcomes.

Individuals in this role have gone onto other careers within Clinical Biochemistry/Laboratory medicine/Biomedical Science.

Why work with us - Torbay Hospital provides acute care for the local community and has several community hospitals, and is a hot-spot for those who are considering living by the sea or within half an hour of Dartmoor National Park and an hour to Exmoor National Park. Meanwhile, Plymouth and Exeter are also both within a short drive to enjoy the culture, maritime history and shopping experiences.

Deal with telephone enquiries from medical, nursing, and other healthcare
professionals Calls include requests for test results, queries regarding blood
sample tube type for a large number of different tests, requests for emergency
tests. Any more complex queries are referred to senior members of staff

Contribute to a team of medical laboratory assistants and biomedical
scientists in provision of an analytical service to Primary and Secondary Care

Assist with face to face queries from medical, nursing, other healthcare personnel and the public Removal of blood, urine and faeces samples and request forms from their plastic bags and checking the corresponding data.
The samples and request forms are then bar-coded prior to data entry. These
samples come from the District General Hospital, General Practice,
Community Hospitals and Clinics served by the Trust

Perform data entry via Electronic Order-Comms and typed data entry from
request forms

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.



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