Medical Laboratory Assistant

Medical Laboratory Assistant - Band 2

The Cellular Pathology department has a vacancy for a Medical Laboratory Assistant within the Histology department at band 2.

This is a busy department, servicing two hospitals Royal Berkshire and Wexham Park with a combined workload of 55,000 Histology specimens per annum, and 5,000 non-Gynae specimens, performing a wide range of Immunohistochemistry techniques and OSNA. We have full UKAS accreditation. Located at the University of Reading on the White Knights Campus in new laboratory spaces.

We are looking for a candidate who is a competent and versatile individual with excellent team working and communication skills and must be able to work with accuracy at all times. Previous experience in a Histology environment is not essential as training will be given but would be an advantage.

We very much encourage personal development and so if you’re looking for a challenge, are versatile and can adapt to rapidly changing scenarios then this could be the job for you. We are a lively bunch and have various social events throughout the year.

Duties include:

1. Supporting junior doctors within the gross dissection lab with block preparation for cutting.
2. Some specimen reception.
3. Assisting scientific and medical staff in filing blocks and slides.
4. Receiving, stock controlling and making up chemical solutions.
5. Entering patient data into laboratory LIMs.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Amanda Babington
Job title: HBMS Cellular Pathology
Email address: Amanda.Babington@royalberkshire.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0118 322 8201