Medical Laboratory Assistant | Pathology Department | Private Hospital | 37.5hours per week | competitive salary + excellent benefits | Solihull |
Spire Parkway Hospital have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and motivated Medical Laboratory Assistant to join our welcoming Pathology department on a full-time permanent Basis.
Spire Parkway Hospital in Solihull, West Midlands offers a comprehensive range of private hospital services. Our hospital is rated Good by the CQC for all parts of the inspection except for Patient Care, which is rated Outstanding. The report states, "Staff treated patients with compassion and kindness, respected their privacy and dignity, took account of their individual needs, and helped them understand their conditions. They provided emotional support to patients, families and carers."
Our dedicated hospital team are passionate about excellent patient care and we offer a range of specialist treatments to patients across Birmingham, Warwickshire and the West Midlands. This includes diagnostic services, rehabilitation, cutting-edge surgical procedures and excellence in specialist fields like orthopaedics, women's health and cancer care. We have 51 bedrooms and five operating theatres.
Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform clerical, technical and scientific work relating to the laboratory in a professional and competent manner, whilst being supervised by a professionally qualified member of staff at a hub pathology site.
Overall Responsibilities:
* Undertake simple pathology investigations.
* Report factual data and information.
* Package samples for onward transport in a safe and timely manner
* Monitor and evaluate the movement of laboratory specimens, blood and tissues.
* Support point of care testing
* Support blood transfusion and Haemobank management
* To deal with all patients, referring clinician and consultant requests for information promptly and efficiently.
* Assist with research and development.
* Operate instrumentation for measuring pathology analytes.
* Maintain communication with people on routine pathology issues.
* Develop own personal development.
* Monitor and maintain health and safety and security for self and others.
* Contribute to the implementation of services.
* Ensure own actions promote quality
Who we're looking for:
Contract: Full Time - 37.5 hours per week
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday between 8am-7pm and Saturday 9am-5pm (rota basis)
Benefits
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
* 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
* Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
* 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
* Private medical insurance
* Life assurance
* Health Assessment
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Sharesave
* Free DBS
* Free Car park
Our Values
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people
We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
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