Medical Laboratory Assistant

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ,
Maidstone, Kent
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The Microbiology department currently has a vacancy for a laboratory assistant. We are looking for a friendly and cheerful person, who is practical and has an interest in science. This is not a trainee Biomedical Scientist position and is highly unlikely to lead to one. The role involves various duties rotating between the bacteriology laboratory, the office and media preparation/waste disposal sections of the department. The laboratory is a purpose built facility (opened 2007) and located on the Maidstone Hospital site. The role is full time 37.5 hours per week Monday - Friday 09:00 - 17:30 hrs Participation in weekend and Bank holiday shifts will be expected. These are currently worked outside of contracted hours. In return we offer an interesting and worthwhile role within the team and provide all required training. We pride ourselves in being an UKAS ISO 15189:2012 accredited laboratory offering high quality service to hospitals and GPs. We are passionate in supporting our staff to develop and have great opportunities for career progression. We take equality and diversity seriously and seek to empower all diverse groups within our trust. We seek to develop a culture where diversity in all its forms is celebrated. We are committed to ensuring that women are empowered to work at all levels of management and that working patterns are as flexible as possible giving all members of staff opportunity to flourish in using their skills for our patients. We work across our trust to enable those who consider themselves to have a disability both visible and invisible to have access to all they need to thrive in their work environment. We work with Stonewall to embed an inclusive and accepting culture for all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff. We have 78 nationalities working in our trust and we are proud of this. We are active in embracing the ethnic and cultural diversity in our trust. We work to empower people with any protected characteristic to have opportunities to work in an environment that helps them to contribute to the best of their ability, recognising and valuing the unique contributions each of us brings for best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to supporting the delivery of the Equality Act with zero tolerance for any discrimination, harassment or victimisation of applicants and staff with these protected characteristics Closing date: Saturday 20th June 2020 Interview date: Friday 10th July 2020 For further details / informal visits contact: Sarah Sparks or Donna Murrant on 01622 224040 Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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