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Medical Laboratory Assistant, Specimen Reception
| Posting date: | 05 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,873.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24873.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 February 2025 |
| Location: | Chertsey, KT16 0PZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9323-25-0081 |
Summary
To receive and check samples and request forms reaching the laboratory from our service users To number samples and forms with a unique identifier and place specimen containers in processing racks To separate samples received in error for different departments when necessary Entering patient details onto the Enterprise laboratory information management system(LIMS) and looking up + printing previous patient history on Open Exeter system To liaise with users regarding errors in patient and specimen identification, returning of samples to the sender when appropriate, and recording errors Maintenance of a high standard of work, checking specimen and request details, any non-conformity brought to the attention of a senior member of staff To comply with the Berkshire and Surrey Pathology Services (BSPS) health and safety procedures and laboratory codes of practise at all times and adhere to Trust and departmental policies and procedures To follow laboratory procedures as detailed in departmental standard operating procedures (SOP) Assist in the training of new starters Assist in the HPV sorting room by checking and sorting request forms according to their recalls, pulling out histories, matching request forms and slides plus scanning documents into the DART database Perform other tasks such as locating request forms for investigations and doing data entry for rejects team To carry out duties within the Cytology Department as and when required by the Laboratory Manager