Overview
Contract Type: 0
Salary: £26240 – £27928
Partner Org: Ashford & St. Peter’s Hospital Foundation Trust
The Immunology ISO:15189 accredited Hub laboratory at St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey (Berkshire Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS), has a vacancy for a full-time Senior Pathology Support Worker covering Stock & Inventory Management to work in the laboratory.
BSPS is a successful, progressive pathology network formed as a contractual joint venture between 5 trusts providing services to acute Trusts, primary and community care and private healthcare. The laboratory opening hours are 7am – 7pm Monday – Friday, 9am – 1pm on Saturdays.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated candidate who has experience in specimen reception, laboratory skills and inventory management and for the accurate and safe use of laboratory equipment and reagents.
To be successful, the candidate will need a flexible attitude towards work with good organisational skills, attention to detail and communication. They must have the ability to work under pressure and work well within a team as well as being friendly and reliable,
The laboratory is accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) for the provision of pre-registration training. For candidates who possess a biomedical science degree approved by the IBMS, it may be possible after a period of time/training to complete the IBMS Registration Training portfolio in this post.
Please note this role is not eligible for sponsorship.
Main duties of the job
This post involves routine laboratory duties to support the department including the receipt of deliveries, user acceptance testing and stock management including ordering of supplies. Duties of the role also involve, receipt of samples from specimen reception and tracking, disposal of samples/reagents, responsibility for the referral of samples to other laboratories and entry of results into the laboratory computer information system (LIMS). In addition you will also receive full training to use and maintain automated equipment in the department to perform assays, rotating through sections of each laboratory under the supervision of biomedical scientists.
We are looking for candidates who have some general laboratory skills for the accurate and safe use of laboratory equipment and reagents but Immunology experience is not necessary. To be successful the candidate, as well as being friendly and reliable, will need a flexible attitude towards work with good organisational skills, attention to detail and communication. They must have the ability to work under pressure and work well within a team.
Working for our organisation
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter’s, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- On-site Nurseries
- On-site staff cafes
- On-site parking
- Support in career development
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics
Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:
www.asph-careers.org
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to attached job description.
Main responsibilities will be accurate receipt and labelling of all deliveries, user acceptance testing of reagents, stock management and ordering of supplies.
This post also involves routine laboratory duties to support the department including:
- Receipt of samples from main specimen reception
- Tracking samples electronically into racks
- Disposal of samples/reagents,
- Responsibility for the referral of samples to other laboratories
- Packaging samples according to postal regulations
- Entry of results into the laboratory computer information system (LIMS).
- Answering the telephone
- Responding to department emails
- Comply with requirements for mandatory training
- Assist in training new staff
- Loading and running a variety of analysers under the supervision of a BMS
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Education to GCSE, GNVQ level 2 or equivalent to include English and maths.
Attitude, behaviours and values
Essential criteria
- Always puts patients first
- Takes pride in their work and their team
- Flexible in their attitudes and behaviours to support team working and delivery of objectives
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within Pathology
- Evidence examples of team working
Desirable criteria
- Experience of Immunology techniques
- Experience of laboratory IT systems and data entry
Skills
Essential criteria
- You are able to communicate effectively to ensure high standards of care, treatment, service or support as appropriate to your role
Desirable criteria
- Experience of stock and inventory management
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate that you are honest, reliable and trustworthy
- Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
- A team worker/player
- Motivated and willing to develop knowledge and skills
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
