Medical Laboratory Assistant

Medical Laboratory Assistant Spire Murrayfield Hospital - Edinburgh Full time Permanent

Spire Murrayfield Hospital is looking for a Medical Laboratory Assistant 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.

Duties and 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

The ideal candidate:

• Experience of scientific laboratory functions

• Experience of reportingscientific results

• Experience of working to explicit instructions

• Possess equipment and medical devices competence

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
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Save an average of 50 per month with our free onsite car park
• We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance on-going development support and reward.

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance on-going development support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England Wales and Scotland Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics inpatient day case and outpatient care.

For us its more than just treating patients; its about looking after people.

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.