# Medical Laboratory Assistant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-laboratory-assistant/e35c3a46-3957-48d0-a5ed-0e1ece6aae82
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/medical-laboratory-assistant/e35c3a46-3957-48d0-a5ed-0e1ece6aae82.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- **Town:** Wolverhampton
- **Region:** Midlands
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-23T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-16T08:13:06.366Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Wolverhampton/The_Royal_Wolverhampton_NHS_Trust/Histology/Histology-v8000409
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8000409?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

To be an efficient and flexible member of the Histopathology laboratory team providing a high quality diagnostic service through supporting the scientific and technical activities of qualified members of staff.

To work within the written Policies and Procedures of the Department especially in relation to Health & Safety and Quality.

### Main duties of the job

To participate in the routine duties of the Histopathology Department, as part of a team, under the direction and supervision of Biomedical Scientists (BMS 1 and above) ensuring compliance with Departmental Policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).

To rotate through assigned sections of the laboratory as required.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main duties of this role comprise receipt, sorting, organisation and data entry for a wide variety of diagnostic tissue samples submitted to the Department for investigation and to assist with specimen preparation.

To see full list of duties and main responsibilities, please refer to the full job description  attached to the vacancy on the Trust website.

## Job Details

To be an efficient and flexible member of the Histopathology laboratory team providing a high quality diagnostic service through supporting the scientific and technical activities of qualified members of staff.

To work within the written Policies and Procedures of the Department especially in relation to Health & Safety and Quality.

## Job Description

To participate in the routine duties of the Histopathology Department, as part of a team, under the direction and supervision of Biomedical Scientists (BMS 1 and above) ensuring compliance with Departmental Policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).

To rotate through assigned sections of the laboratory as required.

## Responsibilities

Main duties of this role comprise receipt, sorting, organisation and data entry for a wide variety of diagnostic tissue samples submitted to the Department for investigation and to assist with specimen preparation.

To see full list of duties and main responsibilities, please refer to the full job description attached to the vacancy on the Trust website.

## Person Specification

### experience

**Essential**

- Laboratory Experience

**Desirable**

- Evidence of NHS experience

### communication

**Essential**

- Good written/ verbal communication skills

### qualifications

**Essential**

- GCSE Maths and English/NVQ

**Desirable**

- Evidence of Cellular Pathology experience

## Documents

- [wolverhampton map (pdf, 600.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2032)
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