Overview
The post holder will perform routine and support functions for the immunology technical service, under supervision from the qualified biomedical scientific staff in accordance with departmental policies and procedures. The post holder will be the primary point of contact for the department providing consistency and stability to the running of a busy Immunology Laboratory.
Responsibilities
* Receipt, handling and triaging of biological specimens
* Internal quality control and external quality assurance procedures to ensure accuracy and reliability of results produced
* Troubleshooting and maintenance
* Sample preparation
* Use judgment and time management skills to manage daily workload, ensuring appropriate prioritisation of tests to meet the needs and requirement of users and agreed turnaround times
* Operate automated and semi-automated analyser systems
* Perform technical and clerical tasks
* Participate in post analytical sample handling, including unloading, sorting, storing and retrieving samples
* Maintain adequate stocks of reagents and consumables
* Enter patient request data onto the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
* Package samples requiring to be sent to other laboratories for analysis in line with legal requirements for the transport of biological substances
* Enter results from referral laboratories into the LIMS system
About the Trust
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye. We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends. More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire. We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
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