Role summary: day-to-day lead for accessioning; manage workflow assignment and cross-functional troubleshooting to ensure timely and accurate specimen processing.
Site-specific note Bristol includes scanner allocation/troubleshooting and high-volume slide management.
Duration: 6 Months
Pay rate: £26,510 per annum
Key responsibilities- Monitor throughput and assign tasks; maintain accurate records, tier boards, and communications.
- Work with peers across group and pathology operations lead to ensure pathology rotas are up to date and work allocation is fairly assigned.
- Manage site pathology rotas across all laboratory working days, and respond to any unplanned absence.
- Manage slide storage, slide recovery and allocation of slides for further molecular testing, immunocytochemistry and immunohistochemistry. Support specimen receipt, staging, and storage;
- Coordinate purchasing to maintain par levels; track usage and inventory of accessioning supplies Orchestrate scanner throughput; perform first-line scanner troubleshooting and escalation.
- Lead exception/rejection process oversight and ensure timely resolution of problematic samples.
- Audit accession-to-billing and escalate to Customer Relations for correction and prevention.
- Support Customer Service function; monitoring email, and handling phone calls.
- Support, data collection, continuous improvement initiatives, and quality assurance efforts.
- GCSEs or equivalent; Associate degree preferred.
- 2+ years accessioning/data entry or supervisory experience; LIMS proficiency.
- Strong leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds; stand/walk for extended periods; wear PPE as required.
Additional site-common responsibilities
- Client account setup and data hygiene (HubSpot to Pathport/MediLIMS), including address/contact validation and GDPR-compliant corrections.
- Courier booking and missed-collection liaison with Logistics; track send-away shipments and results to closure.
- KPI reporting cadence for service quality and operational exceptions; early escalation of at-risk turnaround cases.
Randstad Business Support is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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