# Team Leader - Medical Laboratory Assistant team

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Salisbury District Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical laboratory assistant
- **Grade:** Band 4
- **Salary:** £28,392 - £31,157 per annum pro rata if part time
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (to include weekend working.)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-12T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-28T10:40:55.631Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Wiltshire/Salisbury/Salisbury_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Microbiology/Microbiology-v8278154
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8278154?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Please note: we are unable to provide sponsorship for this position

The Microbiology department at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is a busy, friendly laboratory. We are looking for a reliable and self-motivated candidate to manage and lead the Medical Laboratory Assistant team, and to be involved all the role will entail, including supervision and development of staff, problem solving, production of work rotas, and involvement in recruitment.

You will be joining a friendly and well established team who are dedicated to providing a high quality Microbiology to our local population.

Any interested candidates are encouraged to contact the department for an informal discussion prior to application.

All candidates should be aware that there is no clear progression to a Biomedical Scientist role from this post.

### Main duties of the job

To learn and maintain good laboratory practice in the interests of the departmental commitment to provide an effective high-quality service.

To effectively supervise, organise and develop the MLA team, under the management of the BMS team managers and laboratory manager, including the maintenance of rotas, the ordering of goods and appraisals.

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- - Previous experience managing/leading a team

**Desirable**

- - Previous experience working in a Microbiology Laboratory

### Knowledge and Skills

**Essential**

- - Strong verbal and written communication skills
- - Knowledge of working in a clinical laboratory
- - Excellent organisation skills
- - Knowledge of using a LIMS and other standard IT packages
- - Experience in problem solving
- - Understanding of Health and Safety requirements, including COSHH regulations
- - Ability to deal with urgent work and changing priorities during the working day
- - Experience training other staff members

**Desirable**

- - Understanding of UKAS requirements and ISO standards
- - Prior Microbiology knowledge

### Education, Qualifications and Training

**Essential**

- - Must hold level 2/Grade C English and maths (GCSE, Functional skills or equivalent)

**Desirable**

- - Institute of Biomedical Science Certificate of Achievement part I/part II

## Documents

- [facts about salisbury (pdf, 214.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1618)
- [team leader - medical laboratory assistant team jd (pdf, 400.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10622513)

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