Medical Laboratory Assistant (Bank) - Biochemistry, TDL Manchester, Salford
TDL Manchester, Salford
Up to £12.60 per hour DOE
Job Title: Medical Laboratory Assistant
Department: Biochemistry
Location: TDL Manchester Regents Place, 4 Windsor Street Salford, M5 4HB
Contract /Hours: Bank contract, zero hours
Salary range: Up to £12.60 per hour 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 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 a vacancy for a Medical Laboratory Assistant to work within the Salford Quays laboratory at TDL Manchester on a bank contract.
Duties will include rotation through the laboratory performing tasks of analyser loading and maintenance, troubleshooting of analysis, and general support of laboratory functions.
The successful candidate will perform routine preparation and tests, including basic analytical processes, accurately and efficiently under the supervision of a qualified BMS and bring any unusual test requests or results to the attention of the appropriate member of staff.