Medical Laboratory Assistant - Histopathology

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The closing date is 01 February 2026

Join a team where your work directly contributes to high-quality patient care. We’re looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Medical Laboratory Assistant to become part of our Histopathology team within the Pathology Department at King's Mill Hospital.

The Histopathology service delivers a wide range of tissue analyses that support accurate diagnosis and guide clinical decision-making for patients across the Trust, General Practice and private clinics. This includes essential work within national cancer screening programmes, making the role both meaningful and impactful.

While the main focus of the post is within the laboratory, an element of the role will involve supporting the mortuary with admission and release tasks. Your contribution will help ensure smooth, safe and efficient processes across the service.

If you’re ready to take on a role where your work truly matters and want to be part of a supportive, dedicated team, we’d be delighted to hear from you.

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.

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

• Understands Basic laboratory Practice
• Scientific Terminology
• Understands the functions/environment of a mortuary

• Minimum of 4 GCSE at Grade C or above

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

• Work experience within the NHS or a similar work environment

• NVQ 2 (Clinical Laboratory Support) or equivalent work-based portfolio

• Full time working 37.5 hours per week to work 5 out of 7 days (equivalent if working part time hours)
• Work in a flexible manner
• Participate in the mortuary out-of-hours rota (if required)

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