Medical Laboratory Assistant - Blood sciences

Job overview

Based at Hull

The post holder will perform a wide range of tasks to support Biomedical Scientists. These include preparation of clinical specimens for biological testing, handling telephone queries from other healthcare professionals, reception and admin duties, and various other technical, clerical, portering and blood portering roles.

The post holder is a member of a team of laboratory staff that delivers a medical laboratory service to the Trust and the wider region.

The laboratory provides a 24 hour service, 7 days a week through the whole year. The post holder will be required to work a mixture of days, evenings, nights, and weekends (including Bank Holidays) over both Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital sites in the provision of a clinical laboratory service.

Interviews for this post will be held face to face with no remote option available.

Main duties of the job

• Delivering Blood products to hospital locations
• Pre-analytical preparation of specimens.
• Use of Pre-analytical analysers
• Answering telephone enquiries
• Light admin duties
• Light housekeeping duties

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit you application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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