Medical Lab Assistant

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients' experiences, is:
Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care., Medical Laboratory Assistants are responsible to work as part of the laboratory team, by assisting Biomedical Scientists to provide microbiological analysis of patient samples.
Routine work includes potential exposure and handling of human specimens of urine, faeces, sputum, cerebrospinal fluid, swabs of infected sites, pus, tissue, aspirated and drained fluids, and blood/serum.
·, · After training they will be required to carry out basic laboratory procedures and provide support to the Biomedical Scientists processing diagnostic specimens.
· Main duties will be in the Microbiology department (bacteriology, serology). Duties are performed to assist with basic laboratory tasks, many of which are common to all sections and are performed after training and under supervision.
· The post holder will be expected to undertake their duties in any section of the laboratory and will rotate at intervals into each section on a planned basis.

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

+ Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
+ Free car parking for our staff
+ Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
+ Minimum 27 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff)
+ Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
+ Access to NHS Pension scheme
+ Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
+ Onsite creche facilities
+ Annual appraisals with career pathways
+ In-house training courses
+ Discounted hospital restaurant
+ Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
Important information
+ Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability
+ All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months
+ The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment
+ Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks
+ Providing false or misleading information or unsatisfactory pre-employment checks may result in the offer of a post being withdrawn