Medical Laboratory Assistant - Microbiology

1 x 37.5 hours per week

Do you want to work in a small, friendly, supportive team based in close proximity to the gateway to the Yorkshire Dales with very good transport links to Leeds, York and beyond?

If you’re friendly and enthusiastic with a passion for teamwork, our busy laboratory could be just the place for you to enjoy working. An exciting opportunity has become available for two Medical Laboratory Assistants (MLA) to join our high quality, UKAS accredited laboratory at Harrogate District Hospital Laboratory.

The hours our 09:00 – 17:30 Monday – Friday, however, the successful candidate will be required to support our weekend working team when fully trained and competency assessed. Participation in an out of hours rota processing COVID specimens is required once competent.

**This job advert will close as soon as a sufficient amount of applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if you are interested.**

Please note this isnot a rolethat will lead to training for HCPC registration.

The Microbiology laboratory provides a clinically lead diagnostic service to hospital patients and GP practices. Provision of a range of tests to assist with the diagnosis of bacterial, parasitic and fungal infections together with associated antimicrobial susceptibilities. It also provides a serology service for the diagnosis of viral and immunity status, a molecular screening and diagnostic service for sexual health specimens, and a respiratory molecular service including COVID testing. The post holder will assist qualified staff in the provision of this diagnostic service.

The post holder will work under supervision, performing routine laboratory tasks including: data entry of patient and request details, telephone enquiries and reporting results, preparation and processing of clinical specimens, safe disposal of clinical waste, general domestic and housekeeping duties . The post holder will be exposed to contained and uncontained body fluids of patients, and other infectious materials.

The pathology team at Harrogate is a highly regarded service having an excellent reputation with service users. The focus of the department is on delivery of a high quality service with patients at the centre of everything we do. Our vision is to achieve excellence every time.

The team at Harrogate is small and friendly requiring a high degree of team work and co-operation from its members so candidates should be prepared to be part of the close knit environment fostered in the department.

We are looking for an individual with a positive can-do attitude, who demonstrates this through commitment to the role, passion for patient care and who enjoys working as part of a team. Working in our team of dedicated employees you’ll help us provide diagnostic results in a professional manner reflecting our core values and beliefs.

Some of the benefits of working with us are support through your personal development, guidance through learning new skills and knowledge plus generous holiday entitlements and national NHS staff discount.

See attached job description for further details.

If you have any further queries please contact Helen Kirrane on 01423 555645 or at helen.kirrane@nhs.net