Medical Laboratory Assistant Supervisor - Histopathology

Medical Laboratory Assistant Supervisor - Histopathology

The closing date is 01 February 2026

Are you a motivated and enthusiastic individual looking to make a difference in the field of Histopathology? Join our dynamic team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust!

Our busy Histopathology department provides essential diagnostic services to the Trust and surrounding community areas. We offer a comprehensive range of tissue analysis to aid in accurate diagnoses, ensuring the best outcomes for patients attending the Trust, General Practice, or private clinics. Our services also play a crucial role in cancer screening programmes.

As a Medical Laboratory Assistant Supervisor, you will support our registered Biomedical Scientists and be an integral part of our team. This role also includes supervision and support of our MLA Team.

• A collaborative and supportive work environment
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• The chance to work with innovative technology in the field of Digital Pathology.

Join us in making a meaningful impact on patient care and advancing the future of Histopathology!

Please note, the start date for the post will align with the opening of the new Community Diagnostic Centre in April 2026.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other.

We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs -

Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

• Full time working hours (37.5 hours per week) working 5 out of 7 days

• Detailed knowledge of Pathology Tests and Services
• Knowledge and use of data systems
• Clear understanding of the practical aspects of Histological Laboratory Processes
• Knowledge of Scientific Terminology
• Wide Knowledge of NHS Services

• HNC or equivalent or
• NVQ Level 3 in Clinical Laboratory Support or equivalent, plus extensive experience
• Minimum 4 GCSEs or equivalent to grade 4 or above
• IT Qualification
• Appropriate supervisory course

• High levels of accuracy
• Good communication skills (written and verbal)
• Ability to contribute to effective team working
• Ability to organise and delegate workload effectively to meet required deadlines

• Internal supervisory training within a year
• Sickness Management Training
• Basic Human Resource courses. (Discipline, Recruitment, diversity etc).
• nternal Training and experience For Cellular pathology techniques (Equivalent to NVQ
  3)

• Experience as an advanced MLA in a Histopathology Department
• Previous or current organisational and supervisory experience
• Experience in Histological techniques
• Previous experience in tissue embedding and section cutting (microtomy)

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust