Medical Lab Assistant

at  The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Medical Laboratory Assistants are responsible to work as part of the laboratory team, by assisting Biomedical Scientists to provide microbiological analysis of patient samples.
Routine work includes potential exposure and handling of human specimens of urine, faeces, sputum, cerebrospinal fluid, swabs of infected sites, pus, tissue, aspirated and drained fluids, and blood/serum.

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• After training they will be required to carry out basic laboratory procedures and provide support to the Biomedical Scientists processing diagnostic specimens.
• Main duties will be in the Microbiology department (bacteriology, serology). Duties are performed to assist with basic laboratory tasks, many of which are common to all sections and are performed after training and under supervision.
• The post holder will be expected to undertake their duties in any section of the laboratory and will rotate at intervals into each section on a planned basis.

Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
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