Laboratory Assistant jobs in United Kingdom

Medical Laboratory Assistant
Taunton Hospital | Pathology | Permanent contract | Full time
£24,043.50 per annum
37.5 hours per week

At Nuffield Health,we’relooking 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 at our hospital,you’llshow a commitment to excellent customer service. In addition to your technical skills in pathology, you also understand how to use laboratory information systems. Phlebotomy experience is ideal but not essential, as we offer training in this area.

• Provide high-quality support to our talented Pathology team
• Be responsible forspecimen administration
• Manage enquiry handling
• Prioritise a busy workload
• Keep calm under pressure and remain professional

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy,happyand valued.That’swhywe’vedeveloped a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle,healthand fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retaildiscountsand pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care ofwhat’simportant to you.

Nuffield Health Taunton Hospital is one of the leading providers of private healthcare in the South West. We've built a reputation for clinical excellence and outstanding patient care over the last 40 years. We are constantly investing in our modern hospital. With three new state of the art Ultra Clean Air operating theatres and an endoscopy suite we are proud of the wide range of surgical services and treatments available. The hospital has 41 private en-suite bedrooms split over 2 wards and 11 consulting rooms within our Outpatients Department.

Our areas of specialty include orthopedics and spinal surgery, ophthalmology, dermatology, bariatric treatments and diagnostic imaging. Our most recent CQC inspection was undertaken in 2024 and we were enormously proud to be rated overall as Good, with Outstanding for Well Led.

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