Overview
The Microbiology Laboratory at Ipswich Hospital are looking for enthusiastic and motivated individuals who are professional, reliable, innovative and flexible to join our friendly and hardworking team as a Medical Laboratory Assistant.
You should have an interest in healthcare science, be self-confident and motivated. You must possess a wide range of skills demonstrating good numeracy and literacy, a high standard of verbal and written English, computer and keyboard skills and possess good attention to detail.
Based at Ipswich Hospital our vision is to deliver innovative, high-performing pathology that is focused on our customers and delivers high quality and fully compliant services. We want the best staff and are committed to attracting and retaining the best pathology staff. If you want to work with us to develop your own career and help us to achieve our vision, we would like to hear from you. We are in the unique position of providing a dedicated Pathology Training Team with the aim of producing a highly skilled workforce through continued training and development for our staff.
You will be required to work flexibly in reflection of service needs. This may include an extended working day and weekend working.
Our pathology department is part of the collaborative East Coast Pathology Network.
About our Pathology Service: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBrydUl_c5w
Responsibilities
* Perform a range of routine and non-routine healthcare science activities under supervision, e.g. perform standard microbiology tests.
* Act as a Medical Laboratory Assistant to provide support to the scientific team providing services to patients and clients as an aid to clinic diagnosis.
* Maintain clinical records in relation to activities carried out.
* Demonstrate own duties to new or less experienced employees.
About ESNEFT
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
Benefits and Working Environment
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options. We offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services. Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
Transformational Initiatives
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with Epic, a leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
Application details
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Mar 2026
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