Roles and Responsibilities 

• Perform diagnostic laboratory work to the highest standards, and in accordance with laboratory standard operating procedures. Exercise a professional duty of care to patients and service users.  

• Process patient samples in good time and make sure that turnaround times for reporting results are achieved. 

•  Maintain professional competency to work in accordance with the laboratory management system and act impartially and ethically in the discharge of duties.  

• Observe the strictest confidence when dealing with all aspects of patient information. 

• Discharge duties in accordance with laboratory policies and be responsible for the quality of that work.  

• Monitor and interpret quality, standards, accuracy of results, and participate in troubleshooting to resolve abnormalities, anomalies and variations in results. 

• Participate in the maintenance of the ISO 15189 quality management system which ensures safe patient care. 

• Participate in internal and external audits and contribute to nonconformance investigations, corrective actions, and the identification and implementation of opportunities for improvement 

• Participate in the introduction of new ideas and methods, in co-operation with the laboratory management and according to organisational goals. 

•  Actively participate in internal and external quality control and quality assurance programmes and co-operate in evaluating assays, equipment and consumables where required.  

• Participate in the training of staff as required.  

• To comply with Health and Safety requirements as detailed in the Safety Statement and associated policies and procedures and to report any defects or tasks being carried out in an unsafe manner.  

•  Be able to recognise, manage and contain biohazards encountered in clinical laboratories, including biological, chemical and physical hazards, and apply appropriate safety legislation, guidelines, monitoring and risk assessment procedures to ensure safety of service users, colleagues, and the environment.  

• Participate in a personal development planning process, which forms the basis for the staff annual joint review meeting with the line manager. 

Qualifications and Experience 

• BSc (minimum QQI Level 8) allied to the field of clinical science and laboratory medicine.  

• Previous experience in a clinical diagnostic laboratory or research laboratory or employed in a company supplying services related to clinical science and laboratory medicine. 
• Registered on the Medical Scientists Register maintained by the Medical Scientists Registration Board at CORU.
• Eligible for membership of the ACSLM.  
• Able to work both independently and as part of a team. 
• Excellent analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.