Bank Medical Laboratory Assistant

Job summary

Main duties of the job

• Supervising the day-to-day work of the Sample Reception team, ensuring a high-quality and timely service
• Supporting and mentoring Medical Laboratory Assistants and apprentices, including training and competency assessments
• Processing patient samples and requests, including data entry into laboratory systems
• Performing pre- and post-analytical sample preparation and handling
• Monitoring and maintaining laboratory equipment and consumables to ensure continuity of service
• Responding to enquiries from clinical staff and other stakeholders professionally and efficiently
• Ensuring compliance with quality standards, health and safety, and infection control procedures
• Promoting a safe, clean, and well-organised working environment

You will also contribute to continuous service improvement and support the delivery of an efficient, patient-centred laboratory service.

Job responsibilities

The Trust is committed to driving excellence in care for our patients and communities and was rated good by the Care Quality Commission report published 2020 and became a University Hospital. We are ranked as the third in the country for research; embedding education and training across the organisation and we continuously strive to achieve our core values which are at the heart of everything we do. The Trusts main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, starting life as a military hospital over a century ago and now one of the largest hospitals on the south coast and you may have seen us on the TV series Nurses on the Ward. The Trust provides comprehensive secondary care and specialist services to a local population of 675,000 people across South East Hampshire. The Trust employs over 8,000 staff and are #ProudtobePHU; our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because its the right thing to do, but because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for providing outstanding care and support for patients, colleagues and our community you will find a home at PHU. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.