Performing various analytical procedures for which appropriate training will be provided in accordance with agreed standard operating procedures Completing tasks efficiently and effectively in an appropriate time period, ensuring that turnaround times for tests are met Using and maintaining the integrity of the Laboratory Information System Dealing with samples and results with appropriate priority Delivering accurate and timely results of samples, according to priority Assisting the senior staff and Specialist Biomedical Scientists in supervising and directing the routine work of a section(s) Analysing and interpreting results from patient specimens and proceeding accordingly Performing complex tests and assays according to established procedures and required standards. These include microscopic analyses and the plating-out and interpretation of culture plates from infected clinical material such as urine, sputum and faeces and the assaying of blood samples for indicators of infection, including high risk samples Identifying pathogenic organisms, or markers of the cause of infections (serological tests) and to carry out antimicrobial sensitivity tests against those organisms Entering complex test results onto the laboratory computer system Please see attached job description for further information.