Medical Laboratory Assistant

3 days ago

Keighley, United Kingdom Airedale NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (ANHSFT), Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT), and Harrogate District Hospital (HDH) have formed a joint venture, Integrated Pathology Solutions LLP (IPS) to provide a high-quality diagnostic and consultative service to clinical service users of both Hospital Trusts, and to primary and secondary care providers within the locality.
Applications are invited for a full time Medical Laboratory Assistant (Agenda for Change Band 2) in Haematology and Blood Transfusion based on the Airedale Hospital site.
Opportunities for personal development are strongly supported; however please note this post may not be suitable for individuals with Biomedical Science degrees as there is no progression to a Biomedical Scientist grade.
Under supervision and following Standard Operating Procedures the following duties may be carried out.
- Undertake in service training leading to the completion of the competency logbook
- Working in line with supervisor to deliver core training to new staff members of all tasks within department.
- Dealing with frequent telephone enquiries e.g. stock requests, bottle advice, giving results and directing calls to correct locations.
- Face to face Pathology enquiries.
- Liaise with and despatch consumables to service users.
- Solve day to day problems e.g. Mislabelled specimens, determining mínimal sample volumes, i.e insufficient samples, manual aliquots etc.
- Sort and prepare consistently high volumes of work for daily diagnostic testing.
- Prioritise workload to meet necessary turnaround times, including fast track and emergency work
- Day to Day organisation of workload involving frequent sorting and pre-analytical processes to ensure appropriate testing of samples on all shifts.
- Linking with supervisor to follow business continuity plans during periods of service outages, e.g. staffing, electrical or analyser
- Input PID and other data into the laboratory computer systems in a distracting environment whilst maintaining concentration to ensure patient safety
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT), Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (ANHSFT) and Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) have formed a joint venture, Integrated Pathology Solutions LLP (IPS) to provide a high-quality diagnostic and consultative service to clinical service users of both Hospital Trusts, and to primary and secondary care providers within the locality.
Our staff surveys tell us that we are one of the best Trusts to work for in the country. Staff benefits include a children's day nursery, subsidised restaurant facilities, cyber cafe and discounts at local leisure facilities.
The department operates a 24/7 service. The required core working hours for this post are 12-8pm shifts Monday to Friday
For full details of this job vacancy, please see attached full job description and person specification.

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