60 Whitefield Street, W1T 4EU
From £27,007 DOE
Job Title: Medical Laboratory Assistant, Histopathology Department
Location: 60 Whitefield Street, W1T 4EU
Salary range: From £27,007 DOE

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 are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Medical Laboratory Assistant to join our growing team. The HSL Cellular Pathology service is a consolidated service involving the Royal Free Hospital (RFH), University College London Hospitals (UCLH), Barnet & Chase Farm (B&CF), North Middlesex University Hospital (NMUH) and the Whittington Hospital (WH).
Our new, purpose designed laboratory at 60 Whitfield Street opened in January 2020, with entirely new equipment, and houses one of the largest Cellular Pathology services in Europe. We also run a spoke laboratory at the Royal Free Hospital, providing fast-track testing for urgent specimens and full medical and advanced practitioner dissection. The service also operates the HSL-Advanced Diagnostics laboratory, providing a local and international IHC, FISH and molecular referral service. The laboratories are accredited by UKAS to ISO15189:2012 standards and currently undergoing transition to 2022 standards.
We offer a stimulating work environment with a diverse team, competitive salaries, 37.5 hour working week and 28 days annual leave. Training and career progression are core parts of how we operate. We have a dedicated educational faculty within HSL coordinating training activity throughout the company, as well as our own dedicated laboratory based training officer that coordinates a range of opportunities for all; from support staff, through BMS registration, BMS specialist portfolio and beyond to advanced dissection and reporting.
Highly interested and enthusiastic people are encouraged to apply, previous experience is not essential and full training will be provided. We are looking for individuals who are dedicated to progressing their career in cancer diagnostics and making a truly meaningful impact in the care and quality of patient cases processed through our laboratories.

At HSL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:

• Training and development opportunities – supporting professional development
• Annual salary review - No banding restrictions: As we are a private company we are not restricted by salary bandings and so are able to negotiate appropriate salaries based on experience. This also means that annual salary reviews do not hit a band ceiling.
• Discounted gym membership – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms
• Cash healthcare plan – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians
• Sick Pay Entitlement – 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter
• Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover
• Life Assurance – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)
• Employee Assistance Programme – supporting staff wellbeing
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket
• Perkbox – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts
• Company Pension Scheme – company and staff contributions which increase with service
• Competitive annual leave allowance - 28 days
• Flexible working hours – 37.5 hours standard working week

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.