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Job summary

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Specimen Reception
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Job share
37.5 hours per week (Weekends and lates essential)
Job ref
193-6452589NCG
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Berkshire NHS FT
Town
Reading
Salary
£22,383 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
28/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Medical Laboratory Asst-Specimen Reception

NHS AfC: Band 2

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust.  Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

 

Job overview

Band 2 - Medical Laboratory Asst-Specimen Reception

The purpose of this job is to assist in the preparation of analytical work for Blood Sciences Department across a range of scientific disciplines
under the supervision of the specimen reception manager and registered biomedical scientists. You are required to communicate with pathology staff,
hospital staff, porters, drivers and couriers. 

The post holder will be required to work  weekends and week days. One weekend day every week is mandatory.  Shifts to include early (07.00 - 15.30) Core (09.00 - 17.30) Late (12.00 - 20.00) Late Late (13.30 - 21.30).

Main duties of the job

To assist in the departmental work as instructed, following SOPs under the supervision of the laboratory managers, team leaders and / or
Biomedical Scientist staff.
Receipt of a wide range of clinical samples into the department from hospital staff, clinic staff and transport services.
Assesses samples for urgency and sorts by discipline.
Ensures sample detail matches request form detail and assigns unique laboratory number to sample and form, requiring complete accuracy and attention to details. 

Working for our organisation

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details on the job role, please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person specification

Qualifications and exprience

Essential criteria
  • Completed A level with good grades
Desirable criteria
  • Minimum one year experience working in Laboratory Specimen reception

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Experience using laboratory IT systems
Desirable criteria
  • Experience working different shift patterns

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Care quality commission - GoodMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Stonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.National Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jacqui Ayscough
Job title
Specimen Reception Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0118 322 7708
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