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.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Be able to effectively deal with simple day-to-day situations and problems, referring to Senior Biomedical Scientist staff when appropriate.
• Effectively maintain stock control, place orders and take appropriate action as required.
• Ensures sample is appropriate type for all tests and assesses samples for urgency, informing Biomedical Scientist staff of such samples.
• Communicates effectively with other staff groups both internal and external, including healthcare professionals, transport and courier staff, patients and their representatives and commercial suppliers.
• Provides supervision, training support and assistance to newly staff as appropriate (including the demonstration of procedures to less experienced staff).
• To carry out appraisal of MLA staff as directed by laboratory management.
• Analyses potentially infectious samples using sophisticated automated equipment to produce results of a quality consistent with excellent patient care.
• Complies with the requirement to practice within information governance, data protection and confidentiality guidelines.

Refer to attached JD & PS for further information.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Good education to A Levels, including science subject or NVQ 4 or IBMS Certificate of Achievement (Part 2) or Foundation degree or demonstrable laboratory knowledge, experience and skills that prerequisite this role.
• Willing to undergo relevant training to ensure sound relevant knowledge.
• Qualification in Microbiology or biomedical science.

Desirable criteria

• ECDL.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience as a MLA in a diagnostic laboratory.
• Able to perform technically challenging procedures where applicable.
• Ability to develop knowledge and understanding of microbiology techniques sufficient to undertake specimen processing and reception.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of working as part of a team.
• Some experience of diagnostic microbiology.
• Lateral thinking.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Good at multi-tasking.
• Well organised.
• Good verbal and manual skills.
• Ability and enthusiasm to learn word processing for data entry requirements.
• Ability to work effectively under time and workload pressures.
• Able to perform technically challenging procedures where applicable.

Desirable criteria

• Lateral thinking.
• Familiar with the use of computers and able to use a keyboard.
• Friendly and interactive in working group.
• Committed to working in healthcare environment.
• Good telephone manner.

Special Requirements

Essential criteria

• Must be available to work the extended day and working week operated in BSPS.
• Must be available to work across all sites of BSPS if required.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

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