Medical Laboratory Assistant

Job Location	Steeton, Keighley
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	£11.45 per hour
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Contract , full-time 6 Months+

Job Description

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a sciences graduate to work in an environment related to their degree and within a laboratory setting. If you are embarking on a career within a laboratory setting then this could be the role for you!MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Under supervision and following Standard Operating Procedures the following duties may be carried out.Undertake in service training leading to the completion of the MLA logbookDeal with telephone enquiries.Liaise with and despatch consumables to service users.Solve day to day problems e.g. Mislabelled specimensSort and prepare work for diagnostic testingPrioritise and fast track urgent and emergency work.Input PID and other data into the laboratory computerMaintain stocks of reagents and consumables.Prepare test materials, such as making up solutions of chemicals.Disposal of waste, including waste from the Category 3 RoomDisinfection and cleaning of equipment and working areas.The routine maintenance of equipment.When appropriate assist in the training of new staffTo assist in routine processing of samples received: Urines, faeces, swabs, blood culture, tissues, fluids and respiratory (non-TB) samples.To retrieve and grow organisms stored on beads in the deep freezeMaintenance and calibration of laboratory instruments and updating quality control records using necessary judgement and referring any inconsistencies to supervisors e.g. registered Biomedical Scientist.Sending away of specialist tests to reference laboratories in line with SOP and where required the scanning and entry of the reference reports on the laboratory computer system.To read MRSA plates.To process isolates for antibiotic testing on the Microscan automated system.To subculture blood culture positive bottles and prepare gram films.To participate in an annual Staff Development Review, Continual Professional Development and the educational activities of the Department.To participate in monitoring Clinical Effectiveness and the audit activities of the Department and to contribute to the Trust procedures and activities in support of Clinical Governance.To participate in ensuring that the Department complies with the requirements of Clinical Laboratory Accreditation, (CPA) Ltd and UKAS accreditation to ISO15189:2012.To be able to identify, handle safely, use and store all substances hazardous to health and comply with the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations.Hours of work are Monday to Friday (9am-5pm). The initial duration of the role will be 6 months (With view of extension).Please note: Applications from none Sciences graduates whom have lab related work experience are also encouraged.Taskmaster Resources are operating as a recruitment business for this role.

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