Job summary
- Main area
- Cellular pathology
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (8.30-5pm)
- Job ref
- 229-CS-8211994
- Employer
- Wye Valley NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Histopathology
- Town
- HEREFORD
- Salary
- £25,272 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Medical Laboratory Assistant (INTERNAL)
Band 2
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Job overview
Main duties of the job
- Receiving, checking, booking and tracking pathology specimens.
- Entering and maintaining accurate patient and specimen data on the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).
- Handling specimens, including formalin-fixed tissue, in accordance with health and safety and infection control requirements.
- Retrieving, preparing and dispatching slides, reports and tissue blocks for MDT meetings, molecular testing and second opinions.
- Filing and archiving laboratory records, slides and tissue blocks.
- Responding to telephone and email enquiries from healthcare professionals and service users.
- Supporting laboratory workflows through stock control, reagent preparation, routine equipment checks and maintenance.
- Assisting with the preparation of cases for cancer MDT meetings.Contributing to quality management systems, incident reporting and continuous service improvement.Working collaboratively with scientific, medical and administrative colleagues to ensure efficient service delivery.
Working for our organisation
About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.
Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.
We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.
More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.
We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.
Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”
Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to attached job description/personal specification to view the full range of duties and responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE English and maths Grade C/4
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Good IT skills
- Good Verbal and Written communication
Desirable criteria
- Understanding Cellular Pathology Services
Experience
Essential criteria
- IT systems
Desirable criteria
- Back ground in Healthcare or Science
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Andrea Johnson
- Job title
- Cellular Pathology Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01432364022
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