Medical Laboratory Assistant Apprenticeship

About the role

Ready to launch your career in cutting-edge science? 🚀 Join The Royal Marsden's Cellular Therapy Laboratory as a Medical Laboratory Assistant Apprentice! This is your chance to dive into the world of stem cell transplantation and advanced cellular therapies, helping cancer patients get life-changing treatments. 💪

You'll be part of a super specialised lab, working hands-on with Biomedical Scientists and gaining a Level 3 apprenticeship. Your mission? To help prepare, store, and monitor stem cell products, keep our equipment and stock in check, and ensure our labs are tip-top clean and safe. 🔬 Think clean rooms, frosty cryo-storage, and specialist equipment – we've got it all!

Working here means you'll need a sharp eye for detail 👀, be all about personal hygiene, and master those aseptic techniques to keep everything contamination-free and patients safe. You'll get to play with cool lab tech, blood products, and even liquid nitrogen. ❄️

We're on the hunt for someone motivated, with a passion for science and healthcare, who's super organised and eager to learn. If you love working precisely, following procedures, and being part of a team that makes a real difference, this is for you! ✨ We'll give you full training and development to kickstart your journey in laboratory science and healthcare.

Under the supervision of the Head/Deputy Head of the Cellular Therapy Laboratory, you will:

• Navigate clean-room environments, sticking to strict aseptic procedures and lab standards. 💯
• Tackle routine lab tasks, like running controls and blood counts. 🩸
• Be a champ at supporting stem cell processing and storing cryopreserved products.
• Help maintain, clean, and monitor our labs, clean rooms, and cryo-storage. 🧼
• Be the go-to person for daily operations and enquiries. 📞
• Work safely within your role, and don't be afraid to ask for advice. 🤝
• Move between different areas – labs, clean rooms, storage, and offices – including some physical tasks. 🚶‍♀️

Apprenticeship Eligibility:

• You must be 18 or over. ✅
• Lived in the UK/EEA for the last three years. 🇬🇧
• Have the legal right to live and work in the UK for the apprenticeship duration.
• Not currently on another government-funded training program.
• Don't already have a qualification in the same subject at the same level or higher.
• Have GCSE Maths, English, and Science at Grade 4/C or above (and proof!). 🎓

This is more than just a job; it's a chance to be at the forefront of medical innovation and contribute to saving lives. Let's do this! 🙌

Key responsibilities

• Assist with the preparation, storage and monitoring of stem cell products.
• Perform routine laboratory tasks, including running controls and full blood counts.
• Support equipment and stock management, including stock control and rotation.
• Carry out environmental monitoring and clean room suite and general laboratory cleaning.
• Participate in quality improvement and regulatory compliance, adhering to aseptic procedures.

Entry requirements

Essential qualifications (Essential oNumerate and literate (minimum 4 GCSE's, or equivalent, incl. Maths & English & a Science at grade C/4))

Skills