Phlebotomist | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; AUD 40,000 - 58,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Phlebotomist to join the team across the Aintree Site. The role focuses on collecting blood samples, ensuring patient comfort, and upholding infection control standards.

The post involves 30 hours per week with a flexible rota across days, and full training will be provided to develop your skills. This is a patient-centered role in a large NHS hospital network.

Qualifications

• Full training provided; no prior phlebotomy experience required.
• Excellent communication and patient-facing skills are essential.
• Ability to work as part of a team and on rota across sites.

Responsibilities

• Collect venous blood samples from patients.
• Label samples accurately and dispatch to laboratories.
• Maintain infection control and safe handling of specimens.
• Communicate with doctors and nursing staff and support patient care.
• Work across the Aintree Site on a rota basis.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Empathy

Teamwork

Job description

Phlebotomist | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Phlebotomy team, based across the Aintree Site

We’re looking for someone with excellent communication, attention to detail, and a caring approach. Full training and ongoing support will help you develop your skills, whether you’re experienced or just starting your healthcare career.

As a phlebotomist, you’ll play a vital role in patient care by collecting blood samples safely and accurately to support diagnosis and treatment. You’ll be a reassuring presence for patients, combining technical skill with compassion to make the experience as comfortable as possible.

This vacancy is for 1x30 hours per week flexible position, working across the Aintree Site. Applicants must be prepared to work on a rota basis between the hours of 07.00am and 13.00pm Mon – Sun.

Once trained, you will perform venepuncture in the hospital wards. Attention to detail and infection control awareness is crucial, together with good communication and team working skills. You will be key in ensuring samples are taken in a timely and efficient manner, whilst maintaining the health and safety of our patients, strictly adhering to infection control procedures, accurately labelling the samples and sending them off to the laboratory for testing.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women’s Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit theircareers page.

VENEPUNCTURE:

• Collect samples of potentially hazardous blood into appropriate containers.
• Ensure patients consent to procedure, check patient identification against request form identification.
• Accurate labelling of samples to confirm patients’ identity to conform to local and national guidelines.
• Ensure that samples are despatched to the appropriate laboratories by using the internal hospital vacuum pod system or by liaising with the porters.
• Work on a one to one with patients and without direct supervision.
• Ensure that anomalies are reported to a senior member of staff.
• Practice infection control procedures e.g. ANTT (antiseptic non touch technique)
• Assess and dress venepuncture site.
• Ensure your workstation is clean and stocked at all times.
• Handling of potentially contaminated bodily fluids e.g., urine, faeces, and sputum.

COMMUNICATION:

• Liaise with doctors and nursing staff regarding details on request forms etc.
• Show empathy and understanding of patients needs e.g. coping with needle phobias.
• Encouraging reluctant patients to undergo venepuncture.
• Reassuring distressed patients and their relatives
• Adapt procedures to cope with patients with mental and physical disabilities, also realizing patient’s religious boundaries.
• Using diplomacy, taking care not to disclose information that has not been previously explained to the patient by medical practitioner.
• To communicate with ward staff to ascertain whether a patient has fasted or taken medication at a certain time when relevant.
• Answer telephones enquires, and give relevant information or transfer the call to appropriate person.
• Understanding of all the procedures, and the need for special liaison with the laboratories, to ensure certain tests are carried out as per recognized procedure.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

Ensure yearly training is carried out i.e. fire lectures, manual handling and mandatory training sessions relevant to post.

MANAGING SELF:

• Attend training lectures, study days and workshops as and when relevant or as per instruction of Manager.
• Read all relevant training literature provided.
• Maintain an appropriate awareness of relevant departmental, hospital and national policies and Health and Safety guidelines.

This advert closes on Thursday 5 Nov 2026

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust