Job summaryAn opportunity is available to join the Cellular Pathology team at Princess Alexandra Hospital for a Medical Laboratory Assistant on a permanent basis for 3 days per week.If successful, you will play an important part in contributing to the clinical care of patients within the hospital and the wider community.If you are self-motivated and have great communication and customer service skills, we'd love to hear from you. Prior experience in a similar role would be advantageous, but training will be provided if needed.Main duties of the jobYour duties will involve:receipt of samplespreparation of specimensmaintenance of machineswashing laboratory glasswareensuring stocks are maintainedcleaning the laboratory areasupporting the BMS teamYour work will provide an invaluable support function to other scientific staff within the department and should prove both interesting and challenging.About usOur OrganisationThe Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.Our ValuesThe Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and effortsEveryday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from bothCreative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to careThe Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesPlease see the attached job description and person specification, available to download at any time.Person SpecificationExperienceDesirablePrevious laboratory experienceEducation and qualificationsDesirableTraining and experience equivalent to NVQ3 or equivalent knowledgeManual dexterityEssentialAbility to provide written notes during assistance roleDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Employer detailsEmployer nameThe Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS TrustAddressPAHHamstel RoadHarlowCM20 1QXEmployer's websitehttps://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)