Medical Laboratory Assistant - Cellular Pathology / Andrology | Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust


Company:	Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust
Salary:	£25,760 - £27,476 Per annum - dependant on experience
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	High Wycombe, HP11 2TT
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	7 Aug 2026
Closing date:	6 Sept 2026

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Summary

To assist the cellular Pathology department to provide a high quality and effective service to users.

Receive referrals from GP’s and consultants, manage the booking system for patients and maintain documentation, receive patient samples.

Equipment maintenance and cleaning, stock checking, filing and scanning of forms and slides and preparation of semen analysis kits.

Undertake duties as required in the maintenance of the Diagnostic Preparation room, particularly the changing of reagents and cleaning of equipment.

To assist in the booking in of samples and transcription of results into the LIMS system.

Referrals and Appointments – Co-ordinate referrals, invitations, allocation of appointments for fertility and post vasectomy service using ICE ordercomms, Microsoft word, Excel, Medway and Evolve.

Ensure the appointment system is maintained and non-compliances recorded and escalated as appropriate.

Greet patients and receive the patient samples for delivery to the laboratory

Prepare semen analysis kits (weighed pots and patient information leaflets batched for GP surgeries)

Filing of slides and forms in numerical audit with due care and attention to enable retrieval for audit and Multidisciplinary Team Meeting reviews.

Undertake stock checking and ensuring stock levels are maintained for all laboratory activities

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.

• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.

• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.

• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Ourvisionis to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

• Ourmissionis to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

• Ourcarevalues are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

This advert closes on Sunday 23 Aug 2026

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