Main area Division B - Healthcare Science Services Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent: Full Time or Part Time/ Flexible working hours may be considered Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref 180-B-254204
Employer Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Addenbrookes Hospital - Division B Town Cambridge Salary £24,937 - £26,598 p.a. pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 02/11/2025 23:59 Interview date 14/11/2025
Job overview
Are you a team player looking to advance your career in a world-leading healthcare environment? Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an enthusiastic and skilled Medical Laboratory Assistant to join our dynamic Blood Sciences Department. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a highly regarded healthcare setting, delivering essential diagnostic services that directly impact patient care. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a team known for its commitment to excellence in patient care and innovative research. As Medical Laboratory Assistant, you will play a pivotal role in the delivery of high-quality diagnostic services within our Blood Sciences Specimen Reception Team.
At CUH Blood Sciences, we’re proud to be a UKAS accredited and IBMS approved training laboratory, ensuring the highest standards in diagnostic services and professional development. We look forward to receiving applications from individuals who share our values and strive for excellence.
An on-site practical assessment may be required as part of the recruitment process and there is an expectation that the post holder will participate in the delivery of a 24/7 laboratory service.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties of the role:
* Perform sample receipt and data entry.
* Maintain clinical records in relation to activities carried out.
* To work flexibly in reflection of service needs, this may include an extended working day and / or participation in delivery of a 24 hour, 7 days per week service.
* Follow policies and procedures ensuring that the quality management system of Pathology is complied with.
* The work of the service brings staff into constant contact with human body fluids, tissues and hazardous chemicals. This may include blood, pus, urine, faeces, respiratory secretions.
* Post holder must not work outside their defined field of competence.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
* Please be aware that the salary threshold required for a certificate of sponsorship to be granted is above the starting point of the Agenda for Change band for this role. Therefore those that are new to the NHS may not reach the minimum salary threshold required to obtain a certificate of sponsorship.
* Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
o applied for a Graduate visa
o or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
o or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 2nd November 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 14th November 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
* GCSE Maths and English (A-C) or equivalent
* GCSE in a Science or equivalent Appropriate NVQ level 3/diploma
Experience
* Demonstrable knowledge of a range of routine and non-routine healthcare science duties equivalent to an NVQ level 3/diploma
* Knowledge of Pathology IT systems
* Knowledge of Quality Management Systems
* Previous relevant experience of working in the NHS / Healthcare
Knowledge
* Demonstrable knowledge of a range of routine and non-routine healthcare science duties equivalent to an NVQ level 3/diploma
Skills
* Willingness to undertake cross training to extend skill set to deliver role.
* Demonstrable interpersonal skills - can work as part of a team.
* Ability to supervise less experienced staff, e.g. can demonstrate own work.
* Ability to concentrate for prolonged periods of time
* Manual dexterity appropriate to activities associated with post
Additional Requirements
* The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
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