Medical Laboratory Assistant / Healthcare Science Assistant

• To work in an effective and efficient way following the appropriate Trust and directorate policies, procedures and guidelines including the departmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• To prepare and process patient specimens including -
• Preparation of urine samples for microscopy
• Preparation of mycology specimens for microscopy
• Inoculation of patient specimens onto culture media for incubation
• Separation of blood samples and setting up of tests
• Processing of swabs for screening tests
• Performing specimen reception tasks including the accurate entry of patient/specimen details onto the departmental computer system maintaining a valid database.

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Essential

• Good interpersonal skills, ability to liaise with colleagues, clinicians and other service users
• Experience in customer service
• Working shifts/ weekends
• Attention to detail and accuracy