Research Medical Laboratory Assistant

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, dynamic, and talented Medical Laboratory Assistant to join the Histopathology Research Team, within the Paediatric Laboratory Medicine Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH). GOSH is a national centre of excellence in the provision of specialist children's health care; and it provides the widest range of paediatric services of any hospital in the UK. Our purpose is to advance care for children and young people with complex health needs so they can fulfil their potential (https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/). The Histopathology department comprises a consultant-led team providing a comprehensive tissue-based Paediatric diagnostic service.

The post holder will aid the Histopathology Research team to provide an efficient, effective and high-quality service.

Main duties of the job

• To provide administrative support including generating request and work sheets
• To monitor generic e-mail accounts and answer telephone queries, and forward queries to the relevant subject matter experts
• Undertake general laboratory filing and administration when required
• Specimen reception: checking patient information and sample type, sorting and numbering of specimens.
• To follow procedures for the receipt of correctly labelled specimens and inform lab staff of any errors.
• To input patient demographics and test request details on to the Laboratory Computer system and filing as directed
• To assist with any necessary clinical work in the laboratory as required
• To inform senior laboratory staff of urgent work, any incidents and abnormal or clinically significant results as soon as possible
• To carry out scheduled equipment maintenance in conjunction with the laboratory scientific staff
• Comply with quality standards required in service provision and participate in internal and external quality control

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.