Medical Laboratory Assistant - Histopathology

Join a team where your work directly supports high-quality patient care. We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, highly motivated Medical Laboratory Assistant to join our Histopathology team within the Pathology Department at King's Mill Hospital. The Histopathology service provides a wide range of tissue analyses that support accurate diagnosis for patients across the Trust, General Practice and private clinics. This includes essential work within national cancer screening programmes. Your role will contribute to the smooth delivery of sample analysis and the continuous improvement of our service.,

• Assisting in the delivery of a high-quality laboratory service
• Following Standard Operating Procedures to ensure safe and consistent practice
• Adhering to departmental Health & Safety policies, including safe use of equipment
• Applying infection control principles in line with the Infection Control Manual
• Undertaking additional duties appropriate to the role, with training provided where required
• Participating in departmental appraisal objectives and contributing to ongoing service improvement
If you're looking for a role where your contribution truly matters and want to be part of a supportive, dedicated team, we'd be delighted to hear from you

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands. Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here