Applications are invited for the post of Team Leader - Blood Sciences Sample Reception.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced person who will be responsible for working within a team to provide day-to-day management and supervision of our Medical Laboratory Assistants working within Blood Sciences Specimen Reception, Automated Blood Sciences and Blood Transfusion.

As a Team Leader the successful applicant will be required to lead and motivate our team of MLAs to ensure we provide the best possible service to our patients - both within the hospital and to our GP practices across our 24/7 service., Key tasks will incude:

Day to day management and supervision of MLA staff

Training staff in the Sample Reception processes and other related areas.

Organisation of staff rotas.

Monitoring, approval and recording of annual leave

Undertaking first line sickness absence management

Staff recruitment

Ongoing appraisals of MLA staff

Creation, review and amendment of Standard Operating Procedures

Participating in data input of patient details and test request information

Sorting, pre-analytical preparation and processing clinical samples

The Blood Sciences Sample Reception team support the working of the Blood Sciences Automated Laboratory. We have approximately 35 members of staff within our reception team who work across a variety of shifts to provide 24/7 support to the Haematology, Blood Transfusion, Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology laboratories.

The Blood Sciences Autolab provides analysis of pathology samples for the NBT Trust inpatients and outpatients and provides an analytical service to a large number of GP practices.

We have two full-time posts available. One vacancy for a permanent contract and one 12month fixed term / secondment opportunity. The postholder will be expected to work within a shift system between 08:00 and 22:00 over 7 days per week, to include Bank Holidays.