Job Description

Lead Laboratory Accessioner

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.

Qualifications

GCSEs or equivalent; Associate degree preferred.

2+ years accessioning/data entry or supervisory experience; LIMS proficiency.

Strong leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.

Physical requirements

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