Healthcare Assistant - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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Liverpool, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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  • Expiry date:
  • 17:59, Wed, 19th Apr 2023
  • Location:


  • Liverpool

  • Salary:
  • £24, £26,642.

00 Per Annum- Benefits:

  • Duration:
  • Full-time, Fixed-term appointment until 31 August 2023An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join our dynamic research team to assist the LSTM diagnostics team with vital clinical trial duties to provide support to several COVID-19 projects.

Key Responsibilities are (but not limited to):

  • Support recruitment of patients at the New Royal Liverpool University Hospital
  • Obtaining specimens from patients and assist in the transport of samples to LSTM laboratories
  • Prepare consumables and documentation for recruitment events and weekly stocks checks
  • Ensure the implementation of safe working practices
  • Ensure that you work to good clinical practice (GCP)
  • Supply data as required and work to meet weekly objectives set within diagnostic unit at LSTM
  • Provide efficient and effective clinical service by assisting the team and trial coordinator
  • Demonstrable experience obtaining respiratory specimens from patients
  • Experience of working to health & safety regulations and legal requirements
  • Excellent planning, organizational and administrative skills
  • Ability to show initiative, problem solve and achieve agreed objectives
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Experience of taking nasopharyngeal, nasal, oral or throat swabs _desirable_

_(For a full list of essential and desirable criteria please refer to the job description and person specification)_

Additional benefits of joining LSTM:


  • 30 days annual leave and bank holidays, plus Christmas closure days
  • Generous occupational pension schemes
  • Government backed "cycle to work" scheme.
  • Affiliated, discounted staff membership to the University of Liverpool Sports Centre
  • Plus, a host of additional family friendly policies

Closing Date: 19 April 2023

Application Process:


Inclusion is central to our values at LSTM.

About LSTM


Founded in 1898 and the oldest of its kind in the world, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for teaching and research in tropical diseases.

Through the creation of effective links with governments, NGOs, private organisations and global institutions and by responding to the health needs of communities, LSTM aims to promote improved health, particularly for people of the less developed/resource poorest countries in the tropics and sub-tropics.

**LSTM actively promotes Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Policies
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