Medical Laboratory Assistant - Part Time - 22.5 hours per week - Wednesday to Friday

Job Title: Medical Laboratory Assistant - Part Time - 22.5 hours per week - Wednesday to Friday

Location: Northwick Park Hospital Watford Rd, Harrow HA1 3UJ

Salary Range: from £13.15 per hour - equates to £15,385 per annum based on a 22.5 hour week

About us:

Sonic Healthcare is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of providing medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

Sonic Healthcare UK encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts. Over 2,700 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner.

Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital-based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.

About the role:

Medical Laboratory Assistant (MLA) - An opportunity has arisen for a part time MLA role in our Histopathology Department. Applications are invited from enthusiastic and motivated members to join our energetic, highly motivated, dynamic & passionate team at Northwick park. We are looking for someone who is a team player ,positive, proactive and attention to detail is essential.

The successful candidate will be working mainly in Specimen Reception with Sample Management, assisting specimen dissection & specimen processing under the supervision of qualified Biomedical scientists. Experience is desirable, but full training will be provided.

The successful applicant will be expected to work 22.5 hours per week, Wednesday to Friday from 8:45am - 17:15pm.

Benefits

We offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:

Training and development opportunities

Annual performance related salary review

Discounted gym membership – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms

Cash healthcare plan – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians.

Sick Pay Entitlement – 5 paid days in the first year of employment, 20 days thereafter

Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover

Life Assurance – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)

Employee Assistance Programme – supporting staff wellbeing.

Season Ticket Loan Scheme – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket.

Perkbox – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts.

Company Pension Scheme – company and staff contributions which increase with service.

Competitive annual leave allowance - 28 days annual leave pro rata

Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.

We respect and value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from diverse communities but if it is not apparent from the CV that you are living and working in the UK, please provide details of you “Work Rights” and include this in your application. On occasions we are able to provide sponsorship but it is helpful in your application that we know of your need for support in advance.

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