Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Laboratory Assistant
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About the Role
We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated, and hardworking Laboratory Assistant to join our team at Great Ormond Street NHS Foundation Trust. Candidates should hold relevant A-levels or an equivalent qualification.
You will be working in our Specimen Reception Team and provide support to one of our laboratory technical teams. Attention to detail is an essential requirement, with laboratory experience an advantage.
About the Rare Disease Laboratory
The Rare Disease Laboratory has an establishment of approximately 140 staff including clinical scientists, translational scientists, bioinformaticians, technologists, and administrative support staff. Along with the Clinical Genetics Team, we form a strategic Genetics Unit within the hospital and provide the North London with a Regional Genetics Service serving a population of approximately 10 million.
The Genetics Laboratory provides an in-house diagnostic service for molecular and cytogenetic testing. Molecular testing includes a number of common single gene disorders with an extensive next-generation sequencing repertoire; we also provide national and international services for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis, deafness, craniofacial, metabolic, and immune deficiency disorders. Cytogenetic testing is provided for both prenatal and postnatal samples using microarray, karyotyping, FISH, and MLPA.
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Working for the GOSH Genomics Team
Find out about working for the GOSH genomics team here: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/working-here/working-us/meet-our-genomics-team
Responsibilities
- To follow established procedures and policies
- Comply with health and safety policies
- Assist in quality assurance procedure
- Assist in training of new staff or visitors
- Be flexible to changing demands in workload
- Attend training courses as required
- Registration of samples onto laboratory information systems (EPIC Beaker)
- Reception of Prenatal and Postnatal samples into the laboratory
- Sample extraction, quantitation, filing, and dispatch
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent, and free from bias and discrimination.
We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected, and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status, or length of time spent unemployed.
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We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions, and LGBT+ community members.
We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum, and a Stonewall Diversity Champion.
We have active and Executive-supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions, and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues, and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values, and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.
Contact Information
For further details/informal visits, contact:
- Name: Ana Maia Rocha
- Job Title: Lead Genetic Technologist
- Email Address: AnaMaia.Rocha@gosh.nhs.uk
- Telephone Number: 02074059200
- Ext: 8867
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