Bank Medical Laboratory Assistant | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	16 July 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£14.25 Per Hour Incl HCAS
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	15 August 2025
Location:	CAMBERLEY, GU16 7UJ
Company:	Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7315652/151-NonClin-MLA13

Summary

Berkshire & Surrey Pathology Services - (A joint venture with Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust , Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Trust and Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust).

We are looking for an MLA to join our bank who has the desire to work as part of the largest NHS led Pathology Services in the UK? The role will require flexibility to work as and when required for Wexham and Frimley Park Hospitals.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is not suitable for graduates looking for progression into the biomedical scientist role. This role is for bank support.

PURPOSE OF JOB:

To assist with other members of staff to provide an efficient and effective service to all users of the Pathology department. To ensure the rapid and timely turnaround of Pathology samples by receiving, labelling and entering onto the Pathology computer system.

This merged department provides a service for both The Royal Surrey County Hospital and Frimley Park Hospital. The post holder will be required to work out of Wexham, Frimley Park Hospital but may occasionally be asked to work at the Royal Surrey County Park Hospital.

Essential qualities expected are efficiency, being well organised, having good communication skills and attention to detail. Good keyboard skills are desirable. In addition, you should be a reliable individual who is able to demonstrate good practical skills and work as part of a team.

You must be keen to embrace new ways of working and develop your own knowledge and skills . Support and encouragement will be given for career development.

Working for Your Organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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• To undertake those procedures necessary for sample preparation and storage, including use of pipettes to separate or add solution to samples.
• Prepare sample containers and maintain stocks of laboratory consumables.
• The use and maintenance of all relevant equipment including centrifuges, necessary for the preparation of samples and requests.
• To participate, when required, in the performance of simple designated tests, including those performed on Point of Care analysers.
• To assist in the training of new staff.
• To follow laboratory procedures to condemn inadequate or mislabelled samples.
• To arrange preparation, packaging and transportation for those tests to be sent to other laboratories for analysis.
• To ensure samples for clinical trials are processed and stored appropriately

Refer to attached JD and Person Specification for main responsibilities


This advert closes on Saturday 23 Aug 2025