X2 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 and process the Biofire PCR panels 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 mainly night shifts (9 hrs per night) and weekends. This is worked on a shift rota of 2 nights out of 8.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Assist in the departmental work as instructed, following SOPs under the supervision of the laboratory managers, team leaders, and/or Biomedical Scientist staff.
2. Receipt of a wide range of clinical samples into the department from hospital staff, clinic staff, and transport services.
3. Assess samples for urgency and sort by discipline.
4. Ensure sample detail matches request form detail and assign unique laboratory number to sample and form, requiring complete accuracy and attention to details.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Manuela Prudenzano
Job title: Specimen Reception Manager
Email address: manuela.prudenzano@royalberkshire.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0118 322 7708
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