Average salary
£13.02 per hour23%
Above national average
Average £13.02
Low £6.65
High £19.70
Salary estimated from 45 employees, users, and past and present job advertisements on Indeed in the past 36 months.
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Reviews about Pay & benefits for Laboratory Assistant at NHS
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Medical Laboratory Assistant (Former Employee) - Salisbury - 1 October 2019
The Medical lab assistant job is one that needs to be filled because of the amount of stress that the general staff have on thir sholders. Plus it can help save someones life.
Cons
Long hours with high stress and everyone having to do jobs outside what they are hired for
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Laboratory assistant (Former Employee) - Margate - 26 September 2017
I loved my job in the microbiology labs, i was too ill to work at the time. Training is great, pay is good and the people are lovely. I really enjoyed working here.
Pros
good maternity leave, good holiday system
Cons
none
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Job security ,pension,friendly people
Medical Laboratory Assistant (Current Employee) - Maidstone, Kent - 23 April 2017
great Job except long hours and lack of public transport of evening and weekend make it hard to get home.Good pension plan.Freindly people.Lack of pay rewards.
Pros
pension
Cons
shift and lack of public transport in evening and sundays
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