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Lab Assistant

Watford, England,
Company: NHS Professionals Limited
Category: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations
Published 2 days ago

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Job summary

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust are looking foran enthusiastic, self-motivated and hard-working Medical laboratory assistant with a keen eye for detail to join their verybusy Microbiology team at Watford General Hospital.

Main duties of the job

Participate in the collection of specimens frompathology reception, sorting samples for various benches such as urines,stools, swabs, tissues and fluids, blood and blood cultures.

Label and culture samples on relevant bacterialculture media etc.

Participate in the safe disposal of laboratorywaste and assist in the handling of deliveries and goods storage.

Work under the supervision of HCPC registeredBMS and after training work with analysers for urine microscopy andsusceptibility testing. Participate in booking laboratory requests onto thepathology LIMS system.

About us

In addition to experience, all Qualified roles will be required to provide evidence of

  • Relevant Qualifications
  • Registration with the relevant Registration Body if applicable.
  • Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.

    Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges

    Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave

    Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want

    Job description

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    Person Specification

    Qualifications

    Essential

  • Laboratory experience
  • Education to NVQ Level 2, GCSE or equivalent in Maths, English, Science subjects.
  • Experience of data entry.
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