You need attention to detail, keyboard skills, and lab experience. Light physical work is needed. Availability for night/weekend shifts and flexibility for part-time hours is essential.

You will assist in specimen reception, prepare and sort samples, request data in the lab system, maintain housekeeping, handle specimens carefully, and prepare them for diagnostic analysis.

Science

United Kingdom

Oxford

Large

OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (OUH) is a world renowned centre of clinical excellence and one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the UK.

The Trust is made up of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital (which includes the Children's Hospital, West Wing, Eye Hospital, Heart Centre and Women's Centre), the Churchill Hospital and the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, all located in Oxford, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury, north Oxfordshire.

The Trust provides a wide range of clinical services, specialist services (including cardiac, cancer, musculoskeletal and neurological rehabilitation) medical education, training and research.

Science & Healthcare

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Healthcare

A world renowned centre of clinical excellence and one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the UK. Care to join us?

Applications are invited for the post of laboratory support worker to work primarily in the John Radcliffe Hospital Biochemistry Laboratory, which is part of the Clinical Biochemistry Department of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Full time and Part time hours will be considered. Full time hours are mainly 9:00 to 17:30 but shift options can include early (6:30) or late (13:00) starting. Part time working needs to match our busy times in the afternoon and early evening. There would be a requirement to work occasional night and weekend duties. You will provide assistance in the specimen reception area where duties include preparation and sorting of patient samples, requesting information onto the laboratory computer system and general house keeping of the area. Occasional light physical work is required. Characteristics we are seeking include an attention to detail and common sense. Keyboard skills and experience in a laboratory or hospital environment would be advantageous. Training will be provided to enable the role to be fulfilled. Preparing specimens (mainly but not exclusively blood and urine) for analysis in the diagnostic laboratories of the hospital. Most patients in the hospital and many patients in general practice will require laboratory tests to diagnose or monitor treatment for a range of conditions. All the specimens need careful handling when arriving into the laboratory and during preparation for testing. This job - a laboratory support worker - will undertake this critical role that required to support patient care. We receive samples 24 hours a day for critically important testing for those patients arriving in ED or newborn babies through to routine monitoring tests in primary care for common conditions. The laboratories support all clinical services across healthcare. Over 400 technical, scientific and medical staff are employed in these services in a range of laboratory specialties. This particular post is within the main blood sciences laboratory within the John Radcliffe Hospital. You will be joining a very busy area, which can process over 10,000 specimen per day and a large team (of around 40 staff). Joining the laboratories in OUH means you get all the benefits of working within the NHS. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sian Brown Job title: Senior Biomedical Scientist, Specimen Reception Email address: sian.brown@ouh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01865 220341 Sadaff Younus Senior Biomedical Scientist, Specimen Reception Sadaff.Younus@ouh.nhs.uk

Applications are invited for the post of laboratory support worker to work primarily in the John Radcliffe Hospital Biochemistry Laboratory, which is part of the Clinical Biochemistry Department of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Full time and Part time hours will be considered. Full time hours are mainly 9:00 to 17:30 but shift options can include early (6:30) or late (13:00) starting. Part time working needs to match our busy times in the afternoon and early evening. There would be a requirement to work occasional night and weekend duties. You will provide assistance in the specimen reception area where duties include preparation and sorting of patient samples, requesting information onto the laboratory computer system and general house keeping of the area. Occasional light physical work is required. Characteristics we are seeking include an attention to detail and common sense. Keyboard skills and experience in a laboratory or hospital environment would be advantageous. Training will be provided to enable the role to be fulfilled.Preparing specimens (mainly but not exclusively blood and urine) for analysis in the diagnostic laboratories of the hospital.Most patients in the hospital and many patients in general practice will require laboratory tests to diagnose or monitor treatment for a range of conditions. All the specimens need careful handling when arriving into the laboratory and during preparation for testing. This job - a laboratory support worker - will undertake this critical role that required to support patient care.We receive samples 24 hours a day for critically important testing for those patients arriving in ED or newborn babies through to routine monitoring tests in primary care for common conditions.The laboratories support all clinical services across healthcare. Over 400 technical, scientific and medical staff are employed in these services in a range of laboratory specialties. This particular post is within the main blood sciences laboratory within the John Radcliffe Hospital. You will be joining a very busy area, which can process over 10,000 specimen per day and a large team (of around 40 staff).Joining the laboratories in OUH means you get all the benefits of working within the NHS.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sian Brown Job title: Senior Biomedical Scientist, Specimen Reception Email address: sian.brown@ouh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01865 220341Sadaff YounusSenior Biomedical Scientist, Specimen ReceptionSadaff.Younus@ouh.nhs.uk

Laboratory Support Worker - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Applications are invited for the post of laboratory support worker to work primarily in the John Radcliffe Hospital Biochemistry Laboratory, which is part of the Clinical Biochemistry Department of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Full time and Part time hours will be considered. Full time hours are mainly 9:00 to 17:30 but shift options can include early (6:30) or late (13:00) starting. Part time working needs to match our busy times in the afternoon and early evening. There would be a requirement to work occasional night and weekend duties. You will provide assistance in the specimen reception area where duties include preparation and sorting of patient samples, requesting information onto the laboratory computer system and general house keeping of the area. Occasional light physical work is required. Characteristics we are seeking include an attention to detail and common sense. Keyboard skills and experience in a laboratory or hospital environment would be advantageous. Training will be provided to enable the role to be fulfilled.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Preparing specimens (mainly but not exclusively blood and urine) for analysis in the diagnostic laboratories of the hospital.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Most patients in the hospital and many patients in general practice will require laboratory tests to diagnose or monitor treatment for a range of conditions. All the specimens need careful handling when arriving into the laboratory and during preparation for testing. This job - a laboratory support worker - will undertake this critical role that required to support patient care.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;We receive samples 24 hours a day for critically important testing for those patients arriving in ED or newborn babies through to routine monitoring tests in primary care for common conditions.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The laboratories support all clinical services across healthcare. Over 400 technical, scientific and medical staff are employed in these services in a range of laboratory specialties. This particular post is within the main blood sciences laboratory within the John Radcliffe Hospital. You will be joining a very busy area, which can process over 10,000 specimen per day and a large team (of around 40 staff).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Joining the laboratories in OUH means you get all the benefits of working within the NHS.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sian Brown Job title: Senior Biomedical Scientist, Specimen Reception Email address: sian.brown@ouh.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01865 220341&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sadaff Younus&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Senior Biomedical Scientist, Specimen Reception&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Sadaff.Younus@ouh.nhs.uk

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