Overview
Challenging and varied role, supporting Laboratory Medicine to make a positive difference to patient outcomes. Individuals in this role have gone onto other careers within Clinical Biochemistry, Laboratory Medicine and Biomedical Science.
Responsibilities
* Be responsible for the receipt, initial preparation of pathology samples and data processing of test request forms and Order-Comms samples.
* Prepare blood, urine, faeces and fluid samples for analysis.
* Make and receive routine telephone calls to/from GP's, Medical, Nursing and other Healthcare Professional Staff.
* Deal with visitors to the Reception hatch.
* Provide routine, discipline specific assistance to laboratory staff.
* Contribute to a team of medical laboratory assistants and biomedical scientists in provision of an analytical service to Primary and Secondary Care.
* Assist with face to face queries from medical, nursing, other healthcare personnel and the public.
* Removal of blood, urine and faeces samples and request forms from their plastic bags and checking the corresponding data.
* Perform data entry via Electronic Order-Comms and typed data entry from request forms.
Important Information
* We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we encourage you to apply promptly.
* Please read the job description carefully and tailor your application to reflect the requirements of the role.
* Applicants who identify in their application form they are a part of the Armed Forces community will be guaranteed an interview, provided they meet the minimum essential criteria outlined in the job description and person specification for the role.
* Correspondence will be sent via Trac, text, and email. Please ensure you check your email and Trac account regularly.
* Applicants with no previous NHS experience will ordinarily be appointed to the minimum of the band.
* If you have not received an invitation to interview within 28 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
* It is your responsibility to ensure the timely receipt of appropriate references.
Qualifications
You will need to work well as part of a team and have excellent communication skills and telephone manner.
Working Hours
18.75 Hours per week (Core hours are 13:30 - 5.30pm Monday - Friday, with expectation to work on some days until 6pm on a rotational basis). Some Saturday and Bank Holiday work will be required.
Location & Trust
Torbay and South Devon Healthcare is a Foundation Trust which provides healthcare services for a population of over 300,000. The Laboratory Medicine Directorate provides a comprehensive Pathology service for the Acute Trust, associated NHS organisations and GPs.
Equality Statement
The Trust is committed to preventing discrimination, valuing diversity and achieving equality of opportunity. No person (staff, patient or public) will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. If you require support you can obtain this from our Equality Business Forum which has representatives from all protected groups.
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