Job summary
- Main area
- Microbiology-Bacteriology (Pathology)
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 151-SL227
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley park Hospital
- Town
- Camberley
- Salary
- £23,575 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Medical Laboratory Assistant
Band 2
Job overview
Berkshire & Surrey Pathology Services
Are you looking for a Full-time Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) position with a desire to work as part of the largest NHS led Pathology Services in the UK? You will be based at Frimley Park Hospital.
We are looking for an energetic, enthusiastic and well-motivated individual with good scientific background to complement our existing MLA team.
Essential qualities expected are efficiency, being well organised, having good communication skills and attention to detail. Good keyboard skills are desirable. In addition, you should be a reliable individual who is able to demonstrate good practical skills and work as part of a team.
You must be keen to embrace new ways of working and develop your knowledge and skills and able to participate in the shift system. Support and encouragement will be given for career development.
You will be expected to work according to our working time compliant shift system and on rare occasions may be required to work at the Wexham Park Hospital site to maintain quality, training and service requirements.
The laboratory is UKAS accredited to ISO 15189. The lab is well equipped with a Kiestra TLA system, Faecal PCR testing and Mast UriSystem. MALDI-TOF and GenExpert complete the picture for an efficient and highly-automated Bacteriology department.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will assist in the preparation of analytical work for the Bacteriology Department across a range of department work areas under the supervision of a Registered Biomedical Scientist. The postholder is required to follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) at all times for any tasks carried out. There is a requirement to communicate with pathology staff, hospital staff, porters, drivers and couriers.
The postholder will provide support to the BMS staff through sorting, numbering and entering onto Laboratory Information Management System. The postholder will be required to operate the department waste disposal systems including use of autoclaves in a safe manner.
The diagnostic work of the department includes processing, for example, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, urine, faeces, sputum, tissues and diverse secretions. Processed samples are then interpreted for the presence of pathogens, these could be bacterial, fungal or parasitic.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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- To keep the laboratory manager informed of all matters regarding laboratory procedures and help with the smooth running of the department
- To assist in monitoring stock control of consumables held in storesTo ensure the cleaning and defrosting of equipment, such as fridges, freezers and incubators
- Works in cooperation with BMS staff to ensure workload is processed in a timely and efficient manner
- Demonstrates excellent personal communication and team working skills
- To comply with the requirement to practice within information governance, data protection and confidentiality guidelines
- To assist in the departmental work as instructed, following SOPs under the supervision of the laboratory managers, team leaders and / or Biomedical Scientist staff
- To ensures sample detail matches request form detail and assigns unique laboratory number to sample and form, requiring complete accuracy and attention to detail
- To follow SOPs, undertake waste disposal of laboratory samples and used consumables (including the operation of an autoclave if required
- To ensure the safety of staff, visitors and the department by checking that Risk Assessment, COSHH and Local Rules are followed and to inform the laboratory manager of any potential risks.
Refer to the attached JD and PS for details
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good basic education
- Willing to undergo relevant training
Desirable criteria
- Interest in working to higher level of qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to perform technically challenging procedures where applicable
- Ability to develop knowledge and understanding of microbiology techniques sufficient to undertake specimen processing and reception
Desirable criteria
- Some experience of diagnostic microbiology
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Able to understand and follow Standard Operating Procedures
- Ability to communicate clearly
- Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations
- Ability to work as part of a team
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of need for service quality
- Experience of working in a relevant routine laboratory
- Ability to prioritise tasks and organise daily work
- Experience of team working
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Marcial Navarro
- Job title
- Site Lead Biomedical Scientist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03006136958
- Additional information
or contact:
Catriona Steele
Site Lead Biomedical Scientist
03006136958
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