Medical Laboratory Assistant

6 days ago

Colchester CO JL, United Kingdom Colchester General Hospital Full time £24,000 - £40,000 per year

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual who is professional, reliable, innovative and flexible to join our friendly and hardworking team in our Histopathology Department at Colchester Hospital as a Medical Laboratory Assistant. This post is part time - 21 hours per week which can be worked flexibly around service need. The core hours of the lab are: 09:00-17:30 Monday - Friday.

The role will involve sample reception for Histopathology. Checking that correct patient samples are received, samples are correct for testing, logging the samples and tests onto the laboratory computer system, loading the samples for processing and removing once tested. Full training will be provided.

You will be required to work in a team environment, in a busy laboratory providing results to help in the treatment and diagnosis of our hospital and community patients.

We are looking for a Healthcare professional who can understand the changing services of pathology and represent the new service going forward.

Performs a range of routine and non-routine healthcare science activities under supervision, e.g. performs standard histological and cytological testing.

Maintains clinical records in relation to activities carried out.

Demonstrate own duties to new or less experienced employees.

To work flexibly in reflection of service needs this may include an extended working day, and Saturday working.

The work of the service brings staff into constant contact with human body fluids, tissues and hazardous chemicals. This may include blood, pus, urine, faeces, and respiratory secretions.

Maintain and promote professional image of pathology department

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England , employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

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