Medical Laboratory Assistant

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

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Job summary

The Haematology department at The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is seeking a motivated and practical individual to join our team.

This is a permanent position working primarily at Pinderfields Hospital, in the Haematology laboratory. The vacancy is a full time (37.5 hours per week). The department operates 24 hours a day and the successful candidate may be required to work a variety of different shifts to help deliver this service, including day, late and weekend working.

The successful candidate will be encouraged to continue with their own professional development as the department supports continuous learning and will support staff with further career development opportunities.

The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust covers three sites, Pinderfields, Pontefract and Dewsbury Hospital. Haematology and Transfusion laboratories are present at both the Pinderfields and Dewsbury sites with a remote analyser at Pontefract.

The department is under a managed service contract with Sysmex, the systems include:

CS5100 and CS2500 analysers for coagulation testing, FBCs are processed using XN9000 track with automated ESR and slide stainer at Pinderfields and XN2000 at Dewsbury. A Biorad Variant II HPLC analyser is in place for Haemoglobinopathy screening at Pinderfields. Thrombophilia and Lupus screening are also completed on the Pinderfields site. BioRad blood grouping analysers are in use in Blood Transfusion across both the Pinderfields and Dewsbury sites.

Main duties of the job

The duties of this role include:

Receive pathology specimens from hospital staff and patients in a courteous and helpful manner.
To sort patient samples and distribute to relevant departments.
Identify samples requiring urgent analysis.
To ensure samples and the appropriate request forms are correctly labelled and that the correct container has been used.
To label request forms and specimens with laboratory numbers as required.
Use of laboratory information system to input patient data and order analytical tests.
To successfully undertake the necessary training to fulfil the requirements of the required competency documents.
Liaise with other laboratory and hospital staff to pass on information and solve problems that have arisen.
To follow departmental standard operating procedures

About us

We provide care and support to over a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront of innovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of our workforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasm irrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support to someone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currently under-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications from members of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure all applicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuable guidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.

Date posted

18 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9377-FCS2008

Job locations

Pinderfields Hospital

Aberford Road

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

To provide a high quality and timely service.

To follow departmental procedures and health and safety rules at all times.

To avoid waste and work in a cost effective way at all times.

To identify problems within the areas that they are working and report them to their manager.

To maintain clear and concise communication with users of the service at all times.

To take part in any training required to maintain an up to date knowledge of all equipment and techniques used in areas in which they work.

To help to ensure that all work is carried out to the standards necessary for UKAS Accreditation.

To carry out preliminary inspection and preparation of samples under supervision.

To follow at all times the instructions set out in Standard Operating Procedures.

To undertake routine laboratory cleaning duties as required.