Band 4 Microbiology Associate Practitioner

at  East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual to join our friendly support team in the Microbiology department at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital.
The duties are to perform technical and scientific processes within the Microbiology discipline to support the BMS staff. This involves the receipt, recording and processing of a variety of clinical patient samples, to aid the diagnosis of microbial disease according to written procedures (SOP’s).
Please refer to job description for a list of the main duties associated with the post. The this is not exhaustive, therefore the successful candidate must be able to adapt to changes within the role.
Full training will be provided but any previous laboratory experience will be an advantage.
The post is full time (37.5h/w) and a flexible working approach will be required. The successful candidates will be required to work to a roster pattern which includes a mixture of days, evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays.
More detail about the role can be found in the attached job description which contains the main duties and responsibilities that the successful candidate will be expected to carry out

Please refer the Job description for details