Job overview

The Blood Sciences Department at East Surrey Hospital is part of Berkshire & Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS). BSPS comprises St Peters Hospital Chertsey, Royal Surrey County, Frimley Park, Wexham Park, East Surrey and The Royal Berkshire hospitals. It provides diagnostic pathology services for the 5 hospitals and surrounding GPs serving a population of over 2 million people. Current activity for BSPS is approximately 40 million tests a year with a workforce of over 1000 staff.

We are looking for a self-motivated and versatile individual who can work well under pressure and in challenging conditions. You will be methodical and well organised with the ability to prioritise workload and have experience of working in a busy and demanding environment.  Flexibility with your working hours is essential as you will work outside your core hours when required.

Good concentration levels and attention to detail are essential. You must have a very good standard of spoken and written English as you will be communicate daily by telephone, face to face, or e-mail to a diverse group of service users.

This is an interesting and rewarding position that will suit a person that likes to be busy and will care about the service we provide.

No experience is required as full training will be given.  Travel to other BSPS Pathology sites may be required on occasion.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Working for our organisation

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
• We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
• Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation’s top priority
• Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey