# Medical Laboratory Assistant - Blood sciences > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-laboratory-assistant-blood-sciences/2f771497-66e0-4b68-ab86-26bb918324ae - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-laboratory-assistant-blood-sciences/2f771497-66e0-4b68-ab86-26bb918324ae.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** York Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical laboratory assistant - **Grade:** Band 2 - **Salary:** £25,272 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Full Shift pattern as the service requires- out of hours/nights/weekends) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T08:20:31.490Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/North_Yorkshire/Hull/York_Scarborough_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Blood_sciences/Blood_sciences-v8219657 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8219657?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.yorkhospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. Armed Forces Friendly Employer We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment. ## Person Specification ### Education **Essential** - GCSE level Maths and English ### Experience **Desirable** - Customer Care Experience - Experience in Data entry - Experience working in Care ## Documents - [job description and person specification (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10528046) - [trust strategy 2025-2030 towards excellence (pdf, 4.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=925) - [recruitment guide to reasonable adjustments (pdf, 232.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10528045) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.