Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Leighton Hospital
Town: Crewe
Salary: £23,615 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/04/2025 23:59
Bank Specimen Reception Medical Laboratory Assistant
Band 2
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a number of Band 2 Bank Specimen Reception Medical Laboratory Assistants to support the Specimen Reception Service in providing an effective sample reception and distribution for the Pathology Laboratory.
Candidates must be prepared to work flexibly including participation in a shift pattern which includes early, late, weekend, Bank Holiday and other out of hours rotas as required.
Main duties of the job
The post will be based at Leighton Hospital or Macclesfield Hospital to be registered on UHNM Pathology Bank. This is a zero hours, bank position to cover as and when required.
Working for our organisation
The University Hospital of North Midlands, Mid Cheshire and East Cheshire NHS Trusts are working collaboratively to form a Pathology network (NMCPS) in line with a NHSI directive.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.
We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the main responsibilities of the role please refer to job description and personal specification for more information.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Experience and/or qualifications in NHS Specimen Reception Laboratory
* Knowledge and experience of healthcare science duties to NVQ level 3 (2 A levels) plus additional theoretical or applied
Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience
* Ability to prioritise workload in response to service need
* Excellent written and communication skills
* Ability to maintain confidentiality and deal with situations in a sensitive manner
* Experience of Data Entry
* Numerate and literate, able to handle numbers accurately, without error
* Excellent keyboard skills and attention to detail
* Ability to use emails and passwords to log in to different IT systems
* Ability to complete online learning modules
* Ability to effectively apply skills and knowledge
* Ability to work within safe systems of work and report any deficiencies in those systems to the Departmental Manager
* Ability to work under pressure, prioritise workload and work to deadlines
* Ability to concentrate for long periods
* Ability to communicate effectively and accurately, face to face, by phone and in writing with all levels of staff
* Able to utilise initiative to solve problems and develop the service
Personal Qualities
* To participate in a shift pattern if required to do so by the relevant department.
* Prepared to work flexibly including participating in weekend and other out of hours rotas as necessary.
* Ability and willingness to fulfil the travel requirements of the post if relevant - primary place of work as per JD but on rare occasion may reasonably be asked to work at another site where the Trust has responsibility for Pathology services
* Acts to support and enable effective teamwork
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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