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To be an efficient and flexible member of the Biochemistry lab team assisting in the delivery of the service.
The post holder will be required to perform a range of routine and non-routine tasks within Pathology, following Laboratory Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) to provide clerical and technical support to Biomedical Scientists to ensure a high quality service in all areas of the relevant Pathology Discipline.
The tasks will include: sample receipt and preparation; operation and maintenance of lab equipment and updating of information systems; reception duties as and when required
To work within the written Policies and Procedures of the Department especially in relation to Health and Safety and Quality
Receive, sort and prioritise requests, verifying that request form and sample details match and ensuring the correct specimens have been taken and the request form meets minimum data requirements.
- Resolves problems with e.g. inappropriate and unlabelled samples according to the departmental SOP
- Assign unique identifying number and adds patient request to laboratory IT system by manual inputting or data transfer. Ensures data entered is accurate and any discrepancies in the IT record are reported to a supervisor
- Provide basic technical/clinical laboratory support, undertake routine tests which may include taking samples, preparing samples and tissue, undertaking physiological measurement and the use and maintenance of routine lab equipment.
- Sort and prepare samples for referral to other labs according to departmental SOP and current postal regulations.
- Deal with telephone enquiries according to departmental procedures and report validated results to clinicians and appropriate health workers but not patients.
- Perform general housekeeping duties.
- Dispose of specimens, documentation and general waste appropriately according to confidentiality, health & safety requirements and departmental SOP.
- Und ertake basic office duties, including answering the telephone and emailing .
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
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Additional Roles and Duties:
In addition to the points laid out about, the post holder will also be required to:
- Rotate through all sections of the department.
- Perform routine maintenance and prepare analytical equipment for operation.
- Load reagent, samples and Quality Control on to analytical equipment under supervision.
- Perform quarterly stock checks using Trident.
- Perform simple manual tests under supervision.
- Monitor fridge/freezer temperatures.
- Maintenance of ELGA water system.
- Perform first line troubleshooting.
