Medical Laboratory Assistant

Nuffield Health Brentwood; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A private healthcare provider in Cardiff is seeking a Medical Laboratory Assistant to support the Pathology team. The ideal candidate will have a keen eye for detail and experience in pathology or healthcare, along with strong communication and Microsoft Office skills. Responsibilities include specimen administration, enquiry handling, and compliance with ISO standards. The role offers a benefits package that includes gym membership and health assessments.

Benefits

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Qualifications

• Experience in a pathology or healthcare environment.
• Understanding of laboratory information systems.
• Ability to maintain professionalism under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality support to the Pathology team.
• Manage specimen administration and confidential paperwork.
• Handle enquiries promptly and professionally.

Skills

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Numeracy

Microsoft Office

Job description

Medical Laboratory Assistant

Cardiff and Vale Hospital | Permanent | Full time
£24,043.50 per annum
37.5 hours per week

At Nuffield Health, we’re looking for someone with a keen eye for detail and experience of working in a pathology or healthcare environment to join us. If you have strong numeracy, communication and Microsoft Office skills, our highly motivated and talented team will really value what you bring.

As a Medical Laboratory Assistant primarily at our Cardiff and Vale Hospital, you’ll show a commitment to excellent customer service. In addition to your technical skills in pathology, you also understand how to use laboratory information systems.

As a Medical Laboratory Assistant, you will:

• Provide high-quality support to our talented Pathology team
• Be responsible for specimen administration
• Organised filing and forwarding of confidential paperwork
• Be responsive to emails from all grades within the National service
• Manage enquiry handling
• Prioritise a busy workload
• Keep calm under pressure and remain professional
• Comply with requirements of ISO: 15189:2022 for continual UKAS accreditation

Cardiff & Vale Hospitals

Nuffield Health Cardiff and Vale Hospitals provide first class private healthcare to the immediate local areas of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, as well as across South Wales and surrounding regions. Our two hospitals. The Vale Hospital (mainly in-patients) and Cardiff Bay Hospital (day cases), are multi-specialty hospitals which combine the finest consultants, the latest medical technology, with the unrivalled reputation of Nuffield Health. The Vale Hospital is a purpose built, modern hospital located in beautiful surroundings of the Vale of Glamorgan. We provide 27 in-patient rooms within a very tranquil hospital setting and were recently identified as one of the top 30 most technologically advanced hospitals in the world. We host 2 fully digital ultra clean air operating theatres, an excellent physiotherapy department, 24-hour high dependency, surgical and medical RMO cover and exemplary outpatients and diagnostic service. The patient feedback for our hospital is one of the best within the Nuffield Health estate and this is something our staff and consultants are very proud of.

Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.

It starts with you.