Job summary
- Main area
- Medical Laboratory
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent: Weekends and overnights as rostered
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 318-24-D&S-T1604
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £22,383 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Medical Laboratory Assistant, Band 2 Pre-Analytical
Band 2
Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.
As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.
As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
Job overview
We are looking an enthusiastic person to join Pathology in our Pre-Analytical Area as a Medical Laboratory Assistant Band 2. You will be part of a team that provides a high quality and effective service to support our Haematology and Biochemistry laboratories. The Pre-Analytical Area processes up to 5000 samples per day and is the first point of contact and an important part of the patient pathway. All samples enter the laboratory through the Pre-Analytical Area and are fed to the specialist laboratories, Haematology, Biochemistry, Immunology, Microbiology and Histology. The Pre-Analytical Area is extremely important to the care of our patients.
This is a full time position, but part time evenings and bank will be considered. The department is open 24/7 covering nights and weekends.
Main duties of the job
You will have the ability to work well within a large team and have a meticulous orderly approach to your work.
You will be able to work under pressure and still be accurate.
You will unpack a range of blood samples, recognise and fast-track urgent samples.
The main focus of the role is to input test requests onto the computer system with a high degree of accuracy and to barcode label samples as they arrive into the department.
When working on the urgent bench you will need to be able to move from one task to another and be able to remain focused.
We work across sites at Cheltenham General Hospital and Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and the successful applicant will be required to work at both sites.
Working for our organisation
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest employer in the county and with over 8,000 staff, we are one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK. We offer a generous annual leave allowance, excellent bank rates, access to the excellent NHS Pension Scheme, discounts for local shops, restaurants and services, access to our health and well-being hub, access to our two on-site nurseries, flexible working options, discounted public transport, reward and recognition schemes, exercise and activity classes and membership to our popular hospital choir.
In the Pre-Analytical Area there is a great team spirit, staff are very inclusive and we appreciate our diversity. The days go quickly and there is always something to do!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will have the ability to work well within a large team and have a meticulous orderly approach to your work. You will be able to work under pressure and still be accurate.
You will unpack a range of blood samples, recognise and fast-track urgent samples.
The main focus of the role is to input test requests onto the computer system with a high degree of accuracy and to barcode label samples as they arrive into the department.
When working on the urgent bench you will need to be able to move from one task to another and be able to remain focused.
You will be able to work across sites.
You will be able to work overnight and weekends on a rota basis
Additional contact:
Dawn Hunt - Deputy Pre-Analytical Area Manager. [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
Essential criteria
- Good basic education
- Experience of common IT software
- Experience of team working, good team player
- Able to prioritise task and organise a busy workload
- Experience of working in an environment where accuracy is vital
- Able to work at both sites, Cheltenham and Gloucester
- Able to work evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays as rostered
- Able to conform to Trust requirements for confidentiality and data protection
Desirable criteria
- Laboratory work NHS experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kathy Shaw
- Job title
- Pre-Analytical Area Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 5290
- Additional information
Additional contact:
Dawn Hunt - Deputy Pre-Analytical Area Manager. [email protected]
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