| Job Title | Medical Laboratory Assistant - Cellular Pathology |
| Company | NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group |
| Job Location | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
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| Job Type | fulltime |
| Job Category | Science |
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| Description | Band 3 Main area Histopathology Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This service covers an extended working day 7 days per week.) Job ref 287-LCL-64-25 Department name LUH - 1 General Staffing (AFC posts) Site Liverpool Clinical Laboratories Town Liverpool Salary £24937 - £26598 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/09/2025 23:59 Job Overview Candidates with experience and understanding of safe laboratory working practices together with practical laboratory experience and a keen eye for detail will be highly considered. The Cellular Pathology service at Liverpool Clinical Laboratories consists of multiple departments including Histopathology Immunocytochemistry Molecular Pathology Cytopathology Ophthalmic Pathology mortuary and bereavement services medical examiners service and forensic pathology. The directorate receives in excess of 65000 cases per year and is the largest provider of specialist Cellular Pathology services within Cheshire and Merseyside. The department consists of over 100 members of staff including Medical Laboratory Assistants Associate Practitioners Biomedical Scientists Consultant Pathologists pathology trainees and administrative and managerial staff working together to deliver the specialist Cellular Pathology service at LCL for Cheshire and Merseyside The department's operating hours are 07:00 to 19:00 Monday to Friday and 08:00 to 16:00 Weekends and Bank Holidays. Please Note this vacancy may close when sufficient applications have been received Main duties of the job The Successful Candidate Will Be Responsible For Specimen reception and archive duties such as receipt of specimens filing of paraffin blocks filing of diagnostic slides and receipt and distribution of clinical materials for specialist review Taking receipt of deliveries. Maintenance and audit of departmental reagent and consumable levels. Maintenance and preparation of departmental diagnostic reagents and solvents. Maintenance of specialist departmental equipment. Maintenance of the specimen store including disposal of human tissue waste. Ensuring the safe disposal of laboratory waste (non-clinical clinical and human tissue) whilst adhering to safe practice at all times. Assisting with specimen dissection. Working for our organisation Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region with over 16800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630000 people across Merseyside we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical diagnostic and treatment services together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies delivering over 7200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services. For roles at Liverpool Women's visit their careers page. Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities See Job Description for further details. The post holder will be required to carry out all duties relevant to a Medical Laboratory Assistant 3 including participation in all aspects of the Histopathology MLA3 rota. This post is essential for the day to day running of the service and will work closely with all other staff within the directorate to deliver the highest quality standard of patient care. To provide a support role to the qualified staff of the department which provides a diagnostic service to the Trust and other Pathology users working within the Health and Safety policy of the Trust Person specification Skills Essential criteria Good verbal communication skills Good written communication skills Basic IT skills Qualifications Essential criteria Science GCSEs or equivalent Experience Essential criteria Demonstrable experience in a laboratory environment Knowledge Desirable criteria General understanding of health & safety within a clinical laboratory settings Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application. Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form. Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role. Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday. The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours compressed hours fixed shifts time back in lieu and home working. The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity we value the contribution of individual talent skills knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black Asian and minority ethnic lesbian gay bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+) disabled male and age 16-24. Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced). From April 2017 Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa. This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence. If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post. Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band. Employer certification / accreditation badges Application numbers This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment. LNKD1UKTJ |
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