Medical Laboratory Assistant

3 days ago


Sutton, United Kingdom The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Medical Laboratory Assistant, with good interpersonal skills and a committed team worker to join the Microbiology department, located at the Sutton site of The Royal Marsden Hospital. The department is open to requests for flex working.
The role includes a wide variety of support tasks within the Microbiology laboratory exercising investigative, technical and decision making skills with mínimal supervision, under the direction of the registered biomedical scientist staff which will include specimen reception, sample prep and processing and liaison with other hospital staff.
Experience of working with serology analysers and/or PCR an advantage.
The post-holder will perform a wide variety of support tasks within the Microbiology laboratory exercising investigative, technical and decision-making skills with mínimal supervision, under the direction of the Registered BMS staff, including specimen receipt and processing (culture, serological and molecular assays), sample referral and liaison with other hospital staff.
The post holder will be expected to work in any of the 4 sections of the laboratory as required: the PCR/COVID-19 laboratory, the main laboratory; the serology section and the quality section, undertaking technical tasks as directed by the laboratory manager and senior staff and in line with departmental SOPs.
The post holder will be expected to assist in training of new staff within own areas of practice.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:
To be able to work within specific areas of the department, with appropriate training:

- Sample reception: receipt of samples into the department
- Sort samples into appropriate groups ready for processing.
- Recognition of High Risk samples, and assignment to appropriate containment area.
- Storage of samples, requests and other materials according to departmental protocol.
- Management of samples for reference laboratory investigations, including packaging of samples for transportation in compliance with legislation and local protocols.
- PCR section rotation as per relevant SOPs



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