Job summary
- Main area
- Medical Laboratory Assistant
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Thursday late shift (10.30-19.30hr), occasional Saturday morning shift (09.00-13.00hrs))
- Job ref
- 284-24-6498826-DMUT
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Children's Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Medical Laboratory Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
Applications are invited for two Medical Laboratory Assistants (MLAs) to join the Haematology and Transfusion laboratories (Blood Sciences) within Pathology at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust. One post will be working at the at the Birmingham Women’s Hospital site and one at Birmingham Children’s Hospital site.
You must be able to demonstrate the values that are important to us – a friendly approachable personality; the ability to work well on your own and whilst under pressure; communicating well; working supportively with colleagues and demonstrating team working skills; focusing on delivering a quality service and treating others with respect and dignity. Good literacy, numeracy, organisational skills, alongside a confidence in the use of information technology (IT) are essential requirements. Applicants must have an ability to prioritise, and to work flexibly as well as having a keen eye for detail and a willingness to help.
Experience of working in a medical laboratory environment would be advantageous but is not essential as full training in the use of the appropriate equipment and computer systems will be provided.
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be the first point of contact for Trust staff delivering Pathology samples to the department or answering telephone enquiries from external service users, so a professional, pleasant and helpful attitude is required. Your role will be varied, including the receipt, sorting and preparation of patient’s blood samples, reagent validation, temperature monitoring, blood transfusion product handling and the routine maintenance of automated equipment.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Mathematics GCSE (or equivalent)
- English GCSE (or equivalent)
Desirable criteria
- Science GCSE (or equivalent)
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of health and Safety work-based practice (can describe)
- Understands data protection and confidentiality issues (can describe)
- Experience of data entry and data management
- Demonstrate alignment with Trust values and beliefs
- Demonstrates understanding of equality and inclusion in the workplace
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
- Demonstrates understanding of healthcare IT based platforms (e.g. Lorenzo, Blood 360)
Analytical and Judgement Skills
Essential criteria
- Can demonstrate ability to focus on all areas of a project or task, no matter how small.
- Can demonstrate ability to follow detailed instructions (such as SOPs)
- Can demonstrate ability to work autonomously
- Can demonstrate ability to organise their own workload and prioritise tasks where appropriate.
Professional/Specialist Knowledge
Desirable criteria
- Experienced with the use of a LIMS
- Transferable IT skills, e.g. previous use of a Quality Management System/document control platform.
Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Can describe use of manual and automated technology in the workplace
- Can demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills - examples of experience
- Can describe how they function in a team working environment
- Has described the impact of their behaviours in the workplace (punctual, reliable and organised)
- Has described a time where they have worked under pressure and how they adapted to this situaton
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Laura Johnston
- Job title
- Head BMS Haematology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0121 335 8071
- Additional information
Sajeed Iqbal, Senior BMS Haematology - 0121 335 5518
Andrea Hughes, Head BMS Blood Transfusion - 0121 333 9874
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