Medical Laboratory Assistant

at  Spire Healthcare

MEDICAL LABORATORY ASSISTANT | PATHOLOGY | WASHINGTON | FIXED TERM CONTRACT – 12 MONTHS | FULL TIME

Spire Washington Hospital is looking to recruit a Medical Laboratory Assistant to join our established team on a fixed term basis.
Working times – Office hours Monday – Friday with Saturday mornings included.
Spire Washington is a 35 in-patient bedded hospital with 10 consultation and 2 treatment rooms based just off junction 63 of the A1 with great commuter links. Our Hospital offers a range of services and facilities including four operating theatres covering specialities including Orthopaedics and Gynaecology and a full Diagnostic suite.
In November, Spire Healthcare was announced as winner of the’ Best Workplace for Learning and Development - Over 1,500 Nursing Staff category’ at the Nursing Times Workforce Summit & Awards 2021. The award recognised the introduction of a whole range of learning and development initiatives for clinical and non-clinical colleagues, including Spire’s new nurse apprenticeship programme.
Reporting to the Pathology Manager you will be responsible for performing clerical, technical and scientific work relating to the laboratory in a professional and competent manner, whilst being supervised by a professionally qualified member of staff.

• Undertake simple pathology investigations
• Report factual data and information
• Monitor and evaluate the movement of laboratory specimens, blood and tissues
• Assist with research and development
• Operate instrumentation for measuring pathology analyses
• Maintain communication with people on routine pathology issues
• Contribute to the implementation of services