Medical Laboratory Assistant​/Phlebotomist

A Vacancy at Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust.

An opportunity has arisen within the Pathology Department at Diana Princess of Wales Hospital Grimsby for a full‑time Medical Laboratory Assistant post based in the Blood Sciences Pathology Department.

This is an important role, supporting the Pathology Department, and is suitable for individuals who like a variety of duties. Experience of computer input work is essential and applicants should be able to demonstrate current skills.

The candidate should be literate and numerate, GCSE Grade C or above in mathematics and English would be an advantage as would previous laboratory or health care experience and familiarity with medical terminology.

Hours:

The majority of the work is undertaken between the hours of 09:00 and 21:00. There is also a requirement to participate in the Out-Of-Hours rota, which includes early and late shifts, along with weekend days and Bank Holidays.

The successful candidate will be expected to work as part of the multidisciplinary Blood Sciences laboratory after appropriate training and completion of the relevant in-house competencies.

As a Medical Laboratory Assistant your main role is to assist Biomedical Scientists with their lab work. You will receipt and process a variety of biological samples. You will also be trained to work in phlebotomy, taking blood from patients.

• Attention to detail
• Good level of manual dexterity
• Computer skills, for example, for recording patient information
• Teamwork skills
• Excellent communication skills

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

• Receipt and Processing of pathology samples
• Entering patient requests using the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
• Assist in the provision of the phlebotomy service to both inpatients and outpatients
• Ability to accurately use a calibrated pipette
• Loading/unloading and filing of samples
• Housekeeping and maintaining Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
• Dealing with referred work to and from other laboratories
• Communicating results and other queries with service users by telephone or other means

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work‑life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work‑life balance or a multi‑role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we’ll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as…