Medical Laboratory Assistant - Part Time

Band 2 Medical Laboratory Assistant

This is a part-time post for 18.75 hours per week.

The Cellular Pathology (Harborne House) department has a vacancy for a Medical Laboratory Assistant within the Histology department.

We are located at the University of Reading on the White Knights Campus in new laboratory spaces.

This is a busy department, servicing two hospitals, Royal Berkshire Hospital and Wexham Park Hospital, with a combined workload of 55,000 Histology specimens per annum, and 5,000 non‑Gynae specimens, performing a wide range of Immunohistochemistry techniques and OSNA. We have full UKAS accreditation.

We are looking for a candidate who is a competent and versatile individual with excellent team working and communication skills and must be able to work with accuracy at all times.

Previous experience in a Histology environment is not essential as training will be given but would be an advantage.

We very much encourage personal development and so if you’re looking for a challenge, are versatile and can adapt to rapidly changing scenarios then this could be the job for you. We are a lively bunch and have various social events throughout the year.

• Sorting all deliveries and arranging stock and rotations.
• Place orders within the NHS supply chain.
• Provide consumables to wards, outpatients and mortuary.
• Monitor stock levels and liaise with senior staff on replacements.

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our "CARE" values: Com passionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Amanda Babington Job title: HBMS Cellular Pathology Email address: amanda.bab Telephone number: