Medical Laboratory Assistant - Cellular Pathology

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Medical Laboratory Assistant - Cellular Pathology who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Our busy department provides vital diagnostic services to the Trust, duties will include receipt and labelling of samples, assisting in specimen dissection, inputting pathology requests on a computer system and supporting the Biomedical Scientists.

The role will involve the handling of pathology tissue samples.

Lab experience is essential.

The Laboratory is moving to HSL Laboratory services this post is NHS and will TUPE over on T&Cs on the 1st March 2025.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for coordination of activities and staffing in the Histopathology specimen reception.Organise the timely and accurate processing of histology specimens into wax.Responsible for sample receipt, numbering and data entry on the computer system.Support of quality control processes.Participate in day to day management of stock control and usage.Maintain a clean and safe working environment.Use equipment in a safe manner and report any equipment faults to more senior members of staff.To work flexibly in reflection of service needs.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

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

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