Medical Laboratory Assistant

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St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the leading acute Trusts in the North West of England. An independent assessment by the HSJ supported by NHS Employers has rated St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the top 100 places to work in the country. Our Pathology Directorate provides a comprehensive service to the community and our acute hospitals serving a population in excess of 600,000.Applications are sought from candidates with NVQ2 in Health Sciences or equivalent experience. You will join our friendly and enthusiastic team working in the busy Blood Science Laboratory as a Medical Laboratory assistant within the Haematology & Transfusion section of the department. You will be heavily involved in the daily running and maintenance of the analysers within the department, as well as assisting the Biomedical Scientists in ensuring results for a number of diagnostic tests are processed within a timely manner.The post is based at Southport Hospital although the Laboratory provides services at Whiston, Ormskirk and St Helens Hospital. There are Emergency Departments at both Whiston and Southport Hospitals together with the Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport.Interviews for this position will be held on Wednesday 14th June 2023.The Haematology laboratory is fully equipped with Telepath (DXC) and Sysmex EPU middleware. Whiston Haematology currently has the tracked Sysmex XN9100 full blood count analysers, SP50, Interrliner and Auto-Compact ESR machines, 2 x CS5100 Coagulometers and a Sebia Capillary Electrophoresis analyser for Haemoglobinopathy screening. Additionally, the Phadia 250 platform is used for the running of Anticardiolipin and Beta-2GPI antibodies and the department utilises Cellavision digital morphology. Southport has XN 2000 full blood count analysers and a CNCoagulometer, and Ormskirk and XN1000. The Transfusion Department has Grifols blood grouping analysers and EVM middleware across Whiston and Southport.The successful applicant will be a flexible, highly motivated individual and strong team player who is fully committed to patient care. The post holder will require excellent communication, clerical and IT skills. Experience of working in a clinical laboratory will be a distinct advantage.This is an exciting time to be joining this Trust for those who feel they can contribute to the shaping and development of a modern laboratory service. Be part of the team that delivers "Excellent patient care in world class hospitals."St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside and one of the few in the country to achieve OUTSTANDING rated by the Care Quality Commission.We provide a full range of acute adult services to our local population of circa 360,000 and provide tertiary services across the North West, North Wales, and Isle of Man. We are a Major Trauma Unit and the Mersey Regional Burns Unit.Our ’5 Star Patient Care’ strategy is at the heart of what we do; supporting our vision to provide world class services for all our patients by getting it right for every patient, every time.Our Latest Achievements Include

• Acute Trust of the Year HSJ Awards November 2019
• Trust rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• Best acute Trust in the North West for quality of care (NHS Staff Survey 2021)
• Best place to work in the North West (NHS Staff Survey 2021)
• Awarded National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for our Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

In the NHS Staff Survey 2021 the Trust scored the highest marks in the North West for the following areas:

• Standard of care
• Best place to work
• Care of patients being the Trust’s priority
• Staff engagement
• Staff morale
• Compassionate & inclusive
• Providing safe environments for staff

Please see attached Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our benefits for staff. Accessible version available upon request.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stacy Burrows Job title: Haematology Operational Manager Email address: stacy.burrows@sthk.nhs.uk Telephone number: 0151 430 2360