Higher Medical Laboratory Assistant

Job summary

The Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic (HMDN) laboratory in Nottingham is a regional centre for the diagnosis and monitoring of haematological malignancies. Based within Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust, we provide specialist diagnostic services to healthcare providers across the East Midlands and beyond.

An opportunity has arisen for a Higher Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) to join our expert team consisting of scientific, administrative and medical staff.

We are looking for a highly motivated member of staff with good teamwork and communication skills who is committed to being part of a quality driven service.

The post holder should have excellent time management skills and be able to put these into practice to maintain efficient workflow within the department.

Main duties of the job

The post holder's main responsibilities will involve day to day administrative and pre-analytical duties.

The post holder will be required to work in specimen reception and perform pre-analytical tasks including booking in of samples, preparation of bone marrow slides and organising the sending of samples to external laboratories.

In addition to this the role will contain a significant amount of administrative duties including data entry into the laboratory LIMS system, preparation of MDTs and dealing with telephone enquiries.

The HMDN department is operational between 8am and 6pm with core working hours between 9am and 5pm. The post holder may be expected to participate in early and late shifts.

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.