Senior Healthcare Science Assistant
| Posting date: | 18 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £26,240.00 to £27,928.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £26240.00 - £27928.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 March 2026 |
| Location: | Milton Keynes, MK6 5LD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9430-26-0120 |
Summary
Maintain a professional approach to work at all times and to deal courteously with enquiries from within and outside the hospital. Manage Pathology reception, receiving visitors and patients, dealing with enquiries and ensuring that printed results are sent to requesters at an acceptable rate. Manage telephone enquiries, ensuring the caller is authorised to receive personal and/or confidential information, passing on enquiries to BMS (biomedical scientist) staff where appropriate & giving out authorised results to medical & nursing staff. Comply with Data Protection regulations and maintain patient confidentiality Liaise with reference laboratory services to ensure timely processing of referred requests Liaise with transport and courier services to ensure timely delivery of patient requests and samples. Monitor and action all Pathology mail received Take receipt of referred test results, verify requested analysis is present and enter data on Pathology LIMS system for technical validation. Take receipt of pathology specimens and verify sample is suitable for requested analysis Monitor temperatures of incubators, refrigerators, freezers. Report any discrepancies to Team Leader/Manager staff. Will be responsible for the appropriate preparation, packaging and dispatch of samples referred to other laboratories for tests not performed here. Will be responsible for ensuring referred specimens are dispatched according to clinical priority and specimen requirements for specified analysis. Filing of samples, request cards and results. Prepare worksheets and selection of samples prior to analysis. Please refer to the job description for further details.