Medical Laboratory Assistant - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

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Position Details
College of Medical and Dental Sciences

Location:
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £24,368 to £25,876

Grade: 3

Full Time, Permanent

Closing date: 24th April 2024

Our offer to you
People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university.

We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential.

With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate.

We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements.

We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working.

In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme.

We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site.

On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham

Background

Role Summary

The post holder will undertake the essential role of patient sample management and also supporting biomedical scientists to undertake testing across multiple platforms.

The post holder will work within a team of 5 MLAs.

They will report to the Specimen reception lead but will report to the appropriate section head if working in that section.

The post holder will not be responsible for any staff.

Main Duties
General Duties (these are duties shared between the 5 MLAs in the department):

Receipt, booking into laboratory information management system (LIMS), unpacking, identification, separation, and unique specimen number allocation to specimens.
Once competency documentation has been completed, print worksheets, locate samples and load machines / prepare for staining in accordance with SOPs, returning specimens to relevant racks once completed and archiving.
Filing of worksheets and subsequent transfer to an electronic storage medium for permanent storage on the departmental server.
Ensure laboratory waste (including biological material, plastics, cardboard, excess reagents, confidential paperwork, etc.) are disposed of in line with University and CIS H&S/waste/confidentiality protocols. Pack soiled lab coats for laundry and replenish drawers once returned.
Adhering to and supporting staff and students with the University's Health and Safety policy
Adopt a proactive attitude to assisting with and implementing carbon reduction and energy saving measures.
Ensure adequate stock levels are maintained and chemicals are correctly labelled and stored in line with current EU regulations.
Contribute to regular laboratory cleaning hygiene policies and procedures.
Packing and despatching referral specimens to comply with all Post Office and Health and Safety regulations (UN3373/Category B).
Assisting the office section with laboratory administrative duties i.e. report preparation, filing, maintaining stocks of forms, and send out completed reports and trial kits, where appropriate.
Receipt/checking of deliveries and maintenance of stocks within lab sections, e.g. racked sterile tips, IEF gels, stains, buffers, etc, and notification of section heads when reordering required, e.g. autoclave bags, sample racks, etc.
Support the collection of samples between the CIS and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital specimen reception and Birmingham Women's Hospital cytogenetics laboratory.
Assist with training new staff and demonstrating processes and procedures to visitors.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience