Medical Laboratory Assistant, Sample Reception - St John and St Elizabeth Hospital, London
St John and St Elizabeth Hospital, London
Up to £27,008 per annum
Job Title: Medical Laboratory Assistant
Department: Sample Reception
Location: St John and St Elizabeth Hospital, 60 Grove End Road, St John's Wood, London, NW8 9NH
Contract /Hours: Permanent, Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Salary range: Up to £27,008 per annum
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 3,500 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.
About the Role:
We have an exciting opportunity for a Medical Laboratory Assistant to join the Pathology Team at the Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth.
Our laboratory is small but strategically located next to St John’s Wood train station, offering convenience and accessibility.
The lab provides a multi-disciplinary repertoire in a moderately paced environment. Working hours are on a rotational basis between 7:00 am and 9:30 pm on weekdays, plus occasional Saturday shifts (paid in addition to the standard 37.5 hours). This structure supports a healthy work-life balance.
Key Responsibilities:
* Receive and book samples into the LIMS (WinPath) system.
* Handle client queries via email and telephone.
* Support testing performed onsite (Haematology, Biochemistry, Transfusion) and ensure timely referral of other samples to the main laboratory (Halo).
* Ensure urgent and specialist specimens are processed appropriately.
Desirable: Previous experience in a laboratory or sample reception environment.
Development Opportunities:
This role offers scope to gain experience in:
* Quality control and assurance
* Health and safety practices
* Internal and external training programs
At TDL 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 – we support and offer flexibility around shift patterns and working schedule