Senior Medical Laboratory Assistant

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Senior Medical Laboratory Assistant

The Cellular Pathology department has a vacancy for a Medical Laboratory Assistant within the Histology department at band 3.This is a busy department, with a workload of 55,000 Histology specimens per annum, and 4,000 non-Gynae specimens, performing a wide rangeof Immunohistochemistry techniques and OSNA. We have full UKAS accreditation. Located at the University of Reading on the White Knights Campus we are merged with the Wexham Park Hospital Histology lab as part of Berkshire Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS).

We are looking for a candidate who is a competent and versatile individual with excellent team working and communication skills and must beable to work with accuracy at all times.Previous experience in a Histology environment is not essential as training will be given but would be an advantage.We very much encourage personal development and so if you're looking for a challenge, are versatile and can adapt to rapidly changingscenarios then this could be the job for you. We are a lively bunch and have various social events throughout the year.

Main duties of the job

Main duties include loading slides on to scanning machines for digital viewing. Will also rotate through specimen reception, assisting scientific and medical staff in filing blocks and slides, receiving, and stock controlling and making upchemical solutions. Assisting office staff with material for sending away and pulling material for MDT meetings. Embedding and cutting of routinewax blocks.Entering patient data into laboratory LIMs.

About us

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.

Date posted

25 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-6737582NCG

Job locations

Harborne Building

University of Reading

Reading

RG6 6LD

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good basic education to include GCSE O Levels / A Levels or NVQ level 3 or IBMS Certificate of Achievement (Part 1)

Desirable

ECDL
Basic educational qualification in mathematics

Experience

Essential

Able to understand and follow Standard Operating Procedures

Desirable

Experience of working in a relevant routine laboratory

Skills

Essential

Possess basic IT skills

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Good basic education to include GCSE O Levels / A Levels or NVQ level 3 or IBMS Certificate of Achievement (Part 1)

Desirable

ECDL
Basic educational qualification in mathematics

Experience

Essential

Able to understand and follow Standard Operating Procedures

Desirable

Experience of working in a relevant routine laboratory

Skills

Essential

Possess basic IT skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.