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Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Medical Laboratory Assistant Supervisor - Histopathology

The closing date is 01 February 2026

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Job summary

Are you a motivated and enthusiastic individual looking to make a difference in the field of Histopathology? Join our dynamic team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust!

About Us:Our busy Histopathology department provides essential diagnostic services to the Trust and surrounding community areas. We offer a comprehensive range of tissue analysis to aid in accurate diagnoses, ensuring the best outcomes for patients attending the Trust, General Practice, or private clinics. Our services also play a crucial role in cancer screening programmes.

Your Role: As a Medical Laboratory Assistant Supervisor, you will support our registered Biomedical Scientists and be an integral part of our team.. This role also includes supervision and support of our MLA Team.

What We Offer:

  • A collaborative and supportive work environment
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development
  • The chance to work with innovative technology in the field of Digital Pathology.

Join us in making a meaningful impact on patient care and advancing the future of Histopathology!

Please note, the start date for the post will align with the opening of the new Community Diagnostic Centre in April 2026.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Details

Date posted

16 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-CSTO-7693744

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Full time working hours (37.5 hours per week) working 5 out of 7 days

Knowledge

Essential

  • Detailed knowledge of Pathology Tests and Services
  • Knowledge and use of data systems
  • Clear understanding of the practical aspects of Histological Laboratory Processes
  • Knowledge of Scientific Terminology

Desirable

  • Wide Knowledge of NHS Services

Qualifications

Essential

  • HNC or equivalent or
  • NVQ Level 3 in Clinical Laboratory Support or equivalent, plus extensive experience
  • Minimum 4 GCSEs or equivalent to grade 4 or above

Desirable

  • IT Qualification
  • Appropriate supervisory course

Skills/Attributes

Essential

  • Data input skills
  • High levels of accuracy
  • Good communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Ability to contribute to effective team working
  • Ability to organise and delegate workload effectively to meet required deadlines
  • Tissue embedding skills
  • Microtomy skills

Further Training

Essential

  • Internal supervisory training within a year
  • Appraisal Training
  • Sickness Management Training
  • Basic Human Resource courses. (Discipline, Recruitment, diversity etc).

Desirable

  • nternal Training and experience For Cellular pathology techniques (Equivalent to NVQ 3)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience as an advanced MLA in a Histopathology Department
  • Previous or current organisational and supervisory experience
  • Experience in Histological techniques
  • Previous experience in tissue embedding and section cutting (microtomy)
Person Specification

Contractual Requirements

Essential

  • Full time working hours (37.5 hours per week) working 5 out of 7 days

Knowledge

Essential

  • Detailed knowledge of Pathology Tests and Services
  • Knowledge and use of data systems
  • Clear understanding of the practical aspects of Histological Laboratory Processes
  • Knowledge of Scientific Terminology

Desirable

  • Wide Knowledge of NHS Services

Qualifications

Essential

  • HNC or equivalent or
  • NVQ Level 3 in Clinical Laboratory Support or equivalent, plus extensive experience
  • Minimum 4 GCSEs or equivalent to grade 4 or above

Desirable

  • IT Qualification
  • Appropriate supervisory course

Skills/Attributes

Essential

  • Data input skills
  • High levels of accuracy
  • Good communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Ability to contribute to effective team working
  • Ability to organise and delegate workload effectively to meet required deadlines
  • Tissue embedding skills
  • Microtomy skills

Further Training

Essential

  • Internal supervisory training within a year
  • Appraisal Training
  • Sickness Management Training
  • Basic Human Resource courses. (Discipline, Recruitment, diversity etc).

Desirable

  • nternal Training and experience For Cellular pathology techniques (Equivalent to NVQ 3)

Experience

Essential

  • Experience as an advanced MLA in a Histopathology Department
  • Previous or current organisational and supervisory experience
  • Experience in Histological techniques
  • Previous experience in tissue embedding and section cutting (microtomy)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


Employer's website

https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Higher Specialist Biomedical Scientist

Grant Reeves

grant.reeves@nhs.net

01623622515

Details

Date posted

16 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£27,485 to £30,162 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

214-CSTO-7693744

Job locations

King's Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton-in-Ashfield

NG17 4JL


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