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Job Description
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- Specimen reception and maintaining accurate records
- Booking on of cases on LIMS
- Assist specimen dissection and processing
- Equipment maintenance
- Stock and consumables management
- Archiving of blocks and slides
- Complete all training and follow standard operating procedures at all times
- Helpthe department maintain UKAS accreditation
- Specimen reception and maintaining accurate records
- Booking on of cases on LIMS
- Assist specimen dissection and processing
- Equipment maintenance
- Stock and consumables management
- Archiving of blocks and slides
- Complete all training and follow standard operating procedures at all times
- Helpthe department maintain UKAS accreditation
- Good general education including GCSEs in English Language and Mathematics (grade A* to C or 4 to 9)
- Experience with electronic handling of data
- Previous experience working in a laboratory
- Science GCSE desirable (grade A* to C or 4 to 9)
- BTEC or NVQ 2 (Pathology Support) or equivalent
- Able to work using own initiative
- Able to demonstrate confidentiality and trustworthiness
- Knowledge of medical terminology desirable
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstration of manual dexterity through previous employment/interests.
- Demonstration of excellent numeracy skills through previous experience or employment
- Good hand to eye co-ordination
- Conscientious, methodical approach to duties with attention to detail
- Demonstration of good interpersonal skills.
- MS Office including Word, Excel and Outlook
- Experience of working flexibly and as part of a team
- An understanding of the political sensitivities of the Trust
- Ability to demonstrate confidentiality and trustworthiness.
- Ability to demonstrate a high degree of concentration
- Deal calmly and politely with members of hospital staff who are working in areas
- Ability to juggle many priorities at one time, whilst remaining calm.
- Prepared to handle clinical tissue samples.
- Specimen reception and maintaining accurate records
- Booking on of cases on LIMS
- Assist specimen dissection and processing
- Equipment maintenance
- Stock and consumables management
- Archiving of blocks and slides
- Complete all training and follow standard operating procedures at all times
- Helpthe department maintain UKAS accreditation
- Good general education including GCSEs in English Language and Mathematics (grade A* to C or 4 to 9)
- Experience with electronic handling of data
- Previous experience working in a laboratory
- Science GCSE desirable (grade A* to C or 4 to 9)
- BTEC or NVQ 2 (Pathology Support) or equivalent
- Able to work using own initiative
- Able to demonstrate confidentiality and trustworthiness
- Knowledge of medical terminology desirable
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstration of manual dexterity through previous employment/interests.
- Demonstration of excellent numeracy skills through previous experience or employment
- Good hand to eye co-ordination
- Conscientious, methodical approach to duties with attention to detail
- Demonstration of good interpersonal skills.
- MS Office including Word, Excel and Outlook
- Experience of working flexibly and as part of a team
- An understanding of the political sensitivities of the Trust
- Ability to demonstrate confidentiality and trustworthiness.
- Ability to demonstrate a high degree of concentration
- Deal calmly and politely with members of hospital staff who are working in areas
- Ability to juggle many priorities at one time, whilst remaining calm.
- Prepared to handle clinical tissue samples.
- Good general education including GCSEs in English Language and Mathematics (grade A* to C or 4 to 9)
- Science GCSE desirable (grade A* to C or 4 to 9)
- BTEC or NVQ 2 (Pathology Support) or equivalent
- Experience with electronic handling of data
- Previous experience working in a laboratory
- Good general education including GCSEs in English Language and Mathematics (grade A* to C or 4 to 9)
- Science GCSE desirable (grade A* to C or 4 to 9)
- BTEC or NVQ 2 (Pathology Support) or equivalent
- Experience with electronic handling of data
- Previous experience working in a laboratory
Job summary
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic team player to join a busy department as a Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) to support scientific and medical staff in providing a histopathology service to our patients.
You will undertake a range of duties which will include specimen reception and patient information checking. Attention to detail is essential. You will be entering cases into the laboratory information management system (LIMS). You will be required to assist scientific and medical staff by taking notes and provide other assistance during specimen dissection.You will be required to help maintain equipment as well as maintaining adequate consumable levels within the department. Some heavy lifting is required.Full training will be provided and accurate keyboard skills are essential.
Please note that the role does not offer support for the IBMS Registration Portfolio or similar therefore unsuitable for applicants looking to pursue a higher career in biomedical science.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
If this sounds just what you are looking for then we would like to hear from you!
About us
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust we are proud to provide expert compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital which is one of the largest hospitals on the South Coast.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients colleagues and our community you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.
This post is only open for applications for individuals employed within the Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Care System
Organisations within scope are as follows: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board Southern Health Foundation Trust Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust University Hospital Southampton Solent NHS Trust South Central Ambulance Service Isle of Wight NHS Trust Hampshire Hospitals
Date posted
09 October 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£23,615 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
REF920R
Job locations
Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Hampshire
Portsmouth
PO63LY
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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
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Address
Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Hampshire
Portsmouth
PO63LY
Employer's website
https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Address
Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Hampshire
Portsmouth
PO63LY
Employer's website
https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.