Medical Laboratory Assistant (Bank Hours), Sample Reception

at  Health Services Laboratories HSL

£13.15 Per Hour
Job Title: Medical Laboratory Assistant (Bank Hours)
Location: Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, HA1 3UJ
Salary range: From £13.15 per hour

ABOUT US:

Sonic Healthcare is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.
Sonic Healthcare UK encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts. Over 2,500 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner.
Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital-based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.

We currently have a vacancy for a zero hour Medical Laboratory Assistant based in our laboratories at Northwick Park and Central Middlesex Hospitals. Mon - Fri, 5pm - 10pm.
Duties will include undertaking laboratory, clerical and telephone responsibilities within the Sample Reception Area. The role will involve receiving, identifying and preparing all samples and request forms entering the department and organising their despatch, the storing and retrieval of samples, and liaising with appropriate departments regarding urgent samples.
The successful candidate will be a familiar and confident user of laboratory computer and telephone systems and maintain a good operating knowledge of analysers and equipment required for performing tasks in Sample Reception. You should have good data entry and processing skills.
Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.
We respect and value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from diverse communities.