Medical Laboratory Assistant, Band 2 Chemical Pathology

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Main area Medical Laboratory Assistant Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Includes late sessions, weekends and bank holidays) Job
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Site Trustwide (Gloucester and Cheltenham) Town Gloucestershire Salary £25,272 (pa pro rata if part-time) Salary period Yearly Closing 29/09/2026 23:59

At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital.

With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, bringing together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver. Whether you’re beginning your NHS journey or looking to take the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing heavily in innovation, research, and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals.

We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop, and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on-site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

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The position available is for a substantive, full-time 37.5 hours a week role.

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's Pathology department are excited to be recruiting a new Medical Laboratory Assistant to Clinical Biochemistry which provides extensive diagnostic support to both secondary and primary care NHS services as well as a range of private health care providers too.

This opportunities is a pivotal role within the Pathology department and the successful Medical laboratory Assistant's play an active role in the support of the Clinical Biochemistry Department to support specimen workloads received from both within the two main hospital sites and a vast range of community healthcare locations. Our laboratories provide analytical and clinical interpretive services to the health community in Gloucestershire, including all inpatients/outpatients in the Acute and community hospitals and all GP surgeries

As the Medical Laboratory Assistant, you will be supporting our team in the delivery of a high quality and ever growing diagnostic service.

We are look for someone with a good level of basic education who is enthusiastic to work in healthcare in an NHS laboratory, we are interested in having you aboard.

Please note that on this occasion we cannot consider this role to support IBMS registration portfolios.

• You will help receipt a range of blood and other biological samples which require preparation for immediate analysis or storage.
• The role is designed to…