Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Medical Laboratory Assistant - Cellular Pathology / Andrology
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Job Description
To assist the cellular Pathology department to provide a high quality and effective service to users.
- Receive referrals from GP’s and consultants, manage the booking system for patients and maintain documentation, receive patient samples.
- Equipment maintenance and cleaning, stock checking, filing and scanning of forms and slides and preparation of semen analysis kits.
- Undertake duties as required in the maintenance of the Diagnostic Preparation room, particularly the changing of reagents and cleaning of equipment.
- To assist in the booking in of samples and transcription of results into the LIMS system.
- Referrals and Appointments:
- Coordinate referrals, invitations, allocation of appointments for fertility and post vasectomy service using ICE ordercomms, Microsoft Word, Excel, Medway, and Evolve.
- Ensure the appointment system is maintained and non-compliances recorded and escalated as appropriate.
- Greet patients and receive the patient samples for delivery to the laboratory.
- Prepare semen analysis kits (weighed pots and patient information leaflets batched for GP surgeries).
- Filing of slides and forms in numerical audit with due care and attention to enable retrieval for audit and Multidisciplinary Team Meeting reviews.
- Undertake stock checking and ensuring stock levels are maintained for all laboratory activities.
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What Does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Offer You?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression. We offer:
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension, and access to NHS discount schemes
- A range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce
Why Work for Us?
We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect. Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve. A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
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What Do We Stand For?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities, and be a great place to work. Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time. Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect, and enable.
For Further Details / Informal Visits
Contact:
- Name: Claire Marshall
- Job Title: Lead Biomedical Scientist and CSPL
- Email Address: claire.marshall15@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 01494425105
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