• Job Description

  Req#: C9193-25-0538?language=en&page=627&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Medical Laboratory Assistant -Training Lead

  Previous candidate no need to apply.

  The purpose of this job is to assist in the pre-analytical and analytical processing of Blood Sciences Department workload across a range of scientific disciplines under the supervision of the associate practitioner and registered biomedical scientists. Required to communicate with pathology staff, hospital staff, porters, drivers, and couriers. The post holder will be the training lead for support staff in blood sciences.

  Main duties of the job

  • To assist in the departmental work as instructed, following SOPs under the supervision of the laboratory managers, team leaders and / or Biomedical Scientist staff.
  • To lead as a training responsible person for the support staff group.
  • Ensure training and training records are maintained as per the department plan.
  • Works to achieve competencies across the repertoire of the department as appropriate to grade.
  • Displays and maintains an appropriate level of IT skills. Is able to input patient and request data, maintain and amend patient records, interrogate the laboratory and hospital databases and perform basic word processing and spreadsheet work.
  • Performs a range of administrative tasks in all sections of the laboratory as required. This includes archiving and retrieval of specimens and data, maintenance of archived material and audit trails.o Ensures efficient use of resources and is aware of stock levels and rotation, storage conditions, batch numbers and expiry dates, thus ensuring the viability of reagents and/or blood products used.o Ensures appropriate stock levels are maintained in own area of operation, this may include issuing stock to external departments and GP surgeries, and ordering stock from external suppliers undersupervision.

  About us

  Berkshire & Surrey Pathology Services(A joint venture with Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust , Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Trust and Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust).

  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.

  Details

  Date posted

  27 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  £24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  193-7188411NCG-2

  Job locations

  Royal Berkshire Hospital

  Craven Road

  Reading

  RG1 5AN

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Our laboratory is fully accredited with UKAS, MHRA and HCPC training status. You will be expected to work according to our working time compliant shift system, this will include nights and weekends.

  Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the post's main responsibilities.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Our laboratory is fully accredited with UKAS, MHRA and HCPC training status. You will be expected to work according to our working time compliant shift system, this will include nights and weekends.

  Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details of the post's main responsibilities.

  Person Specification

  Training

  Essential

  • Training Exprience

  Education & Previous Experience

  Essential

  • Good A level in two science subjects
  • Experience working in similar role

  Desirable

  • Experience with shift working pattern
  • Experience working in the NHS

  Work experience

  Essential

  • Experience working in a team

  Person Specification

  Training

  Essential

  • Training Exprience

  Education & Previous Experience

  Essential

  • Good A level in two science subjects
  • Experience working in similar role

  Desirable

  • Experience with shift working pattern
  • Experience working in the NHS

  Work experience

  Essential

  • Experience working in a team

  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

  Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Royal Berkshire Hospital

  Craven Road

  Reading

  RG1 5AN

  
  

  Employer's website

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

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Royal Berkshire Hospital

  Craven Road

  Reading

  RG1 5AN

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (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.

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