Medical Laboratory Assistant

**Job overview**:
The Trisomy Screening service in Clinical Pathology at Nottingham University Hospitals provides a screening chance of a pregnancy being affected by Down's, Edwards and Patau's syndromes for the antenatal populations of Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. The section is looking to recruit a medical laboratory assistant to support this service. Applications from hardworking, enthusiastic individuals with a keen eye for detail are welcomed.

Full training for these tasks will be provided.

The post holder will be required to work at City campus, Monday to Friday routine hours 9-5pm.

**Main duties of the job**:
In addition to the below summary, you’ll need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

The main duties of the role are to perform pre-analytical reception and processing duties including the receipt, barcode labelling and preparation of blood samples for analysis. Accurate entry of patient demographics and pregnancy details into the laboratory risk calculation software. Loading of samples on to laboratory equipment and sample archiving. Perform general housekeeping duties including maintaining stock levels, general cleaning and waste disposal.

**Working for our organisation**:
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is a large, teaching hospital comprising two sites, the Queens Medical Centre and the City Hospital. Both campuses provide maternity services.

This role will be based at City campus of NUH.

NUH offers a wide range of health and wellbeing activities and interventions.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
Participation in the safe and efficient delivery of Trisomy and pre-eclampsia screening services in the Specialist Laboratory section of Clinical Pathology.

This involves sample reception and booking-in of screening requests to the laboratory IT systems.

Pre-and post analytical sample processing.

Distribution of request cards, sample bottles and information leaflets to users.

Preparation and dispatch of low chance screening letters.

Taking telephone queries.

Housekeeping duties including general cleaning, waste disposal, control of laboratory supplies.

**Person specification**:
**Qualification**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Evidence of computer data input
- numeracy grade 4 Mathematics
- literacy grade 4 English

**Desirable criteria**:

- ECDL or equivalent

**experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Experience of health care records

**Desirable criteria**:

- experience of pathology records

**skill**:
**Essential criteria**:

- accurate data transcription
- manual dexterity and keyboard skills

**Desirable criteria**:

- use of demographics/ patient data

**Communication**:
**Essential criteria**:
**Desirable criteria**:

- Experience of communication with clients or patients

Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.

**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 all ID and right to work documentation such as passports, visa’s and driving license 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.