Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Pathology Support Worker

The closing date is 27 July 2025

Job summary

Are you organised, great at multitasking and a team player with a keen eye for detail? We want you to join our great laboratory team!

We are looking for motivatedPathology Support Workers to help us provide the best quality care for patients. A degree isn't necessary and neither is prior laboratory experience; we just want the right people for the role. Whether your background is in healthcare, retail, customer service, or any other field, we value your unique skills and enthusiasm!

You'll work across both LTH sites at Preston and Chorley and gain experience in the Pre-analytics, Haematology, Blood Transfusion and Biochemistry departments.

Main duties of the job

Fancy a change? What We're Looking For:

Multi-tasker: Ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritise effectively.
Team Player: Excellent teamwork skills to work collaboratively in a busy environment.
Initiative: A proactive attitude, with a willingness to take on new challenges and responsibilities.
Good Communicator: Strong verbal and written communication skills for clear, effective collaboration.
Experience: Previous experience in healthcare is great, but so is experience in other roles such as retail or customer service -- your skills matter more than your qualifications or background

Why Join Us?

- Hands-On Training: No lab experience? No problem! We provide all the training and support you need for the Pathology Support role.
- Career Development: Of course, we want you to stay with us but there are opportunities to grow and advance within the organisation.
- Supportive Environment: Work in a collaborative, innovative, and friendly environment.

About us

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, and interact with people from all different roles to build skills.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Date posted

16 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

438-PB2770

Job locations

Royal Preston

Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9HT

Preston

PR2 9HT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Assist in preparing patient samples, solutions, and reagents for processing on our analysers.
Help maintain laboratory equipment and ensure a clean, safe working environment.
Support the team in collecting data and documenting results.
Manage inventory and supplies, ensuring the lab is fully stocked and organised.
Work collaboratively with scientists and other staff to meet our common goal- providing the best service to our users.

For more information please see the job description

*Please note the interview date may be subject to change*

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Assist in preparing patient samples, solutions, and reagents for processing on our analysers.
Help maintain laboratory equipment and ensure a clean, safe working environment.
Support the team in collecting data and documenting results.
Manage inventory and supplies, ensuring the lab is fully stocked and organised.
Work collaboratively with scientists and other staff to meet our common goal- providing the best service to our users.

For more information please see the job description

*Please note the interview date may be subject to change*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE standard

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Experience of working with others
Basic IT skills
Computer literate
General appreciation/understanding of the importance of Health & Safety issues
Understands the need for confidentiality
Team Working
Communication with service users

Desirable

Previous Pathology Experience
Previous experience with IT

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to GCSE standard

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Experience of working with others
Basic IT skills
Computer literate
General appreciation/understanding of the importance of Health & Safety issues
Understands the need for confidentiality
Team Working
Communication with service users

Desirable

Previous Pathology Experience
Previous experience with IT

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston

Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9HT

Preston

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Preston

Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9HT

Preston

PR2 9HT

Employer's website

https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)