Children and Young People's Phlebotomist | East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare service provider in the UK is seeking a dedicated Phlebotomist for its Acute Children’s Services. You will take blood samples from children and young people in various settings. This role requires compassion, teamwork, and adherence to paediatric guidelines. Full training is offered. Join a Trust that values work-life balance and high-quality patient care.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in taking blood samples, especially from children.
• Ability to work effectively in a team and with families.
• Commitment to delivering high-quality care.

Responsibilities

• Taking blood samples from patients following paediatric guidelines.
• Collaboration with MDT and families for best outcomes.
• Ensuring samples are correctly packaged.

Skills

Compassionate care

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Job description

We are looking for a dedicated and compassionate Phlebotomist to join our Acute Children’s Services team, helping us deliver outstanding care and exceptional service to our patients and their families.

In this role, you will take blood samples from children and young people aged 0–16 years across a variety of settings, including the Children’s Emergency Department, Children’s Assessment Unit, inpatient wards, ambulatory care, and outpatient clinics.

We welcome applications from both experienced Phlebotomists and those new to the role who demonstrate the right personal qualities and enthusiasm for working with children — full training will be provided.

If you’re passionate about delivering excellent care and making a real difference for children and young people, we’d love to hear from you.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Responsibilities

• Taking blood samples from patients in accordance with paediatric guidelines.
• To take an MDT approach and working with the families to ensure the best outcome and experience for all our CYP.
• Ensuring samples are packaged correctly to reach the correct laboratory.
• Ensuring safe practice for your patients and yourself.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

Hospitals

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Nov 2025