Medical Laboratory Assistant / Healthcare Science Assistant

Job overview

Derbyshire Pathology provides pathology services for Royal Derby Hospital, Chesterfield Royal Hospital and Queen's Hospital, Burton (since October 2021) and is hosted by University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation.

If you would relish a challenge in becoming a Medical Laboratory Assistant in Microbiology, then we would love to hear from you.

The successful applicant will support the Biomedical Scientists by performing a wide variety of tasks associated with the processing of samples. Duties vary between departments and include the sorting, preparation, processing and handling of blood, urine, tissue and bodily fluids.

Main duties of the job

You will also be required to perform data entry onto the laboratory computer system, undertake housekeeping duties, maintenance of equipment and disposal of clinical waste therefore the ability to multi-task and work flexibly is essential.

You will be working as part of the  Derbyshire Pathology Service within the Microbiology Laboratory based at Queen's  Hospital, Burton.

• To work in an effective and efficient way following the appropriate Trust and directorate policies, procedures and guidelines including the departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• To prepare and process patient specimens including:
• preparation of urine samples for microscopy
• preparation of mycology specimens for microscopy
• inoculation of patient specimens onto culture media for incubation
• separation of blood samples and setting up of tests
• processing of swabs for screening tests
• performing specimen reception tasks including the accurate entry of patient/specimen details onto the departmental computer system maintaining a valid database.

Maintaining  and supporting the effective use of available resources (equipment and stock) in an efficient way.

Closing date of applications: 9 January 2025

Interview date: 23 January 2025

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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