Medical Laboratory Assistant / Receptionist - COVID-19

Medical Laboratory Assistant / Receptionist

Band 2 COVID-19 Lighthouse Laboratory Specimen Reception Medical Laboratory Assistant

Trust Location: Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Lighthouse Lab, Bracknell

Are you searching for a career/job that gives you control of your day, time and location?

We are NHS Professionals (NHSP), working together to care for patients in the NHS - when you want to work, how you want to work, where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community.

As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:

Competitive pay rates – work this week, get paid next week

Essential support when you need it – 24/7 365 days –Call us anytime

First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust– access before they are made available to agency

Multi locational - work across neighbouring Trusts

Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go– access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone

Varied working options to suit your lifestyle– access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements

Training and development opportunities– Keep up with the essentials and more

Build holiday allowance for every shift you work– your work life balance is important to us

Stakeholder pension scheme available– a flexible future for you and yours

About the trust –

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest general hospital foundation trusts in the country and the main provider of acute and specialist care services for west Berkshire. With six sites, the Trust employs approximately 5,500 staff and serves a population of around 1,000,000 people. RBH provide acute medical and surgical services to Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire and specialist services such as cancer, dialysis and eye surgery to a wider population across Berkshire and its borders.

You’ll learn the following whilst working at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust -

• Feel valued
• Have flexibility
• Room to grow

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assist in the preparation of COVID-19 analytical work by receiving, labelling and entering pathology specimen requests onto the laboratory computer system under supervision of a team leader
• Required to follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) at all times
• Required to communicate with pathology staff, hospital staff, porters, drivers and couriers
• The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above.

Skills or Experience Required:

• Able to understand and follow Standard Operating Procedures
• Ability to follow laboratory H&S practice
• Ability to communicate clearly and Write
• Willing to undergo relevant training 

*Depending on the Trust, you may require variable additional certification and skills.

Who are NHS Professionals?

We specialise in putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members.

As an equal opportunities' organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply.

Apply Today

By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas.

Disclaimer

Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.