Job summary
- Main area
- Haematology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday - bank holiday/weekend if required)
- Job ref
- 214-CSTO-7256015
- Employer
- Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's Mill Hospital
- Town
- Sutton-In-Ashfield
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 01/08/2025
Employer heading

Haematology Medical Laboratory Assistant
NHS AfC: Band 3
Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
Job overview
We are currently seeking a highly motivated individual to join our team as a Medical Laboratory Assistant to support our Biomedical Scientists. This role offers the opportunity to work within a busy and friendly laboratory, supporting the delivery of high-quality diagnostic services to surrounding healthcare providers.
The Haematology Department at King's Mill Hospital plays a crucial role in providing analytical, diagnostic, interpretative, and consultative services to hospitals, clinics, and GP practices.
As a Medical Laboratory Assistant, you will be responsible for undertaking basic laboratory tasks essential for the smooth operation of the Haematology department. This includes loading samples onto analysers, changing reagents, inputting sample requests etc. Your support and contribution will be integral to ensure an efficient and safe service delivery.
Main duties of the job
Please see attached job description and person specification attached to this advert for full details of roles and responsibilities of this position.
Working for our organisation
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification attached to this advert for full details of roles and responsibilities of this position.
Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
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Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Keyboard skills.
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written
- Good level of numeracy and literacy
Desirable criteria
- Familiar with modern IT systems.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ 3 in Clinical Laboratory Support (or pending successful completion).
- Equivalent knowledge and experience
Further Training
Essential criteria
- The post holder will receive in-service training in Haematology analytical procedures and processes as appropriate
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous laboratory experience
Desirable criteria
- Substantial time as a Medical Laboratory Assistant (Band 2) during which time an all round knowledge and some specialist skills have been developed
Contractual
Essential criteria
- Participates in weekday, weekend and bank holiday rotas as required.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lucy Hodgson
- Job title
- Haematology Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01623 672561
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