Medical Laboratory Assistant

Medical Laboratory Assistant

The closing date is 29 June 2026.

Applications are invited from enthusiastic, confident, motivated and hardworking individuals to work as Medical Laboratory Assistants (MLA's) within Microbiology in Pathology at North Tyneside General Hospital.

MLAs are the first point of contact for the Laboratory therefore a friendly, approachable personality and excellent communication skills are essential.

You should have good attention to detail, manual dexterity and the ability to follow defined protocols whilst working quickly but effectively under pressure.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

• Support scientific staff in receipt, analytical preparation, labelling and data entry of patient samples and requests.
• Maintain and quality control of specialis...