X2 Band 2 - Medical Laboratory Asst-Specimen Reception

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust currently touches the lives of half a million patients every year through the provision of high quality acute medical and surgical services for our local communities. We offer services to a million local residents across Berkshire including:

• Acute medical services at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading
• Ophthalmology services at Prince Charles Eye Unit, Windsor
• Dialysis services in Windsor
• Day surgery and acute outpatient services at West Berkshire Community Hospital
• Cancer, renal and outpatient services in Bracknell
• Outpatient services at Townlands Hospital, Henley

We are one of the largest employers in the local area with nearly 7,000 staff.

Despite Challenges We Have Continued Our Progress Towards Being An Outstanding Organisation Through Our Vision Of Seamless Excellence In Health Care Delivery And Outcomes And Living By Our Core Values. CARE – Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent.

The Trust’s services are organised around patient needs through the establishment of the Networked (long term conditions), Urgent (emergency) and Planned (elective) care groups.

We are working to improve health and care in practical ways through local collaboration. This is through our Sustainability and transformation partnerships and accountable care system. Clinical teams are at the heart of running the Trust, working in partnership to serve the best interests of patients and our communities.

Our plans for the future include continuing modernisation of our sites to provide state‑of‑the‑art facilities for our patients and staff.

Location
:
Royal Berkshire NHS FT, Craven Road, Reading, RG1 5AN
, Berkshire.

Contract
:
Permanent. Main work nights and weekends.
Hours
:
Part time – 18.75 hours per week (night shift, weekends with occasional day shifts).

Salary
: £24,169 per annum, pro‑rata. (Yearly Grade – NHS AfC Band
2)

Specialty
:
Specimen reception.

Royal Berkshire Hospital is rated Good by CQC with inspectors reporting significant improvements.

Job title:

x2 Band 2 – Medical Laboratory Assistant (Specimen Reception).

The purpose of this job is to assist in the preparation of analytical work for the Blood Sciences Department across a range of scientific disciplines and process the Biofire PCR panels under the supervision of the specimen reception manager and registered biomedical scientists. You are required to communicate with pathology staff, hospital staff, porters, drivers and couriers. The post holder will be required to work mainly night shifts (9 hrs per night) and weekends, in a shift rota of 2 nights out of 8.

To assist in the departmental work as instructed, following SOPs under the supervision of the laboratory managers, team leaders and/or Biomedical Scientist staff. Receipt of a wide range of clinical samples into the department from hospital staff, clinic staff and transport services. Assesses samples for urgency and sorts by discipline. Ensures sample detail matches request form detail and assigns unique laboratory number to sample and form, requiring complete accuracy and attention to detail.

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

Our values:
Compassionate, 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.

• Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work‑life balance
• Annual leave 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro‑rata for part‑time staff
• NHS pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Money Advice Service
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for…