Community Phlebotomist

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT); St. Ives; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Phlebotomist to join the District Nursing Team. The role involves venepuncture, BP checks, and basic measurements, visiting patients at home across the St Ives and Hunts Locality.

You will be trained and supervised by registered professionals, work flexibly within a multidisciplinary team, and use electronic health records such as SystmOne.

Qualifications

• Experience working in the community setting.
• Experience working as a phlebotomist or willingness to undergo full training.
• Experience caring for and supporting adults with complex health needs.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work flexibly across the neighbourhood team and travel for work.
• Proficient with health electronic records systems such as SystmOne.
• Strong time management and ability to manage workload.

Responsibilities

• Primary activity: venepuncture, take Blood Pressure, weight and height, and other tasks in the community.
• Support and care for service users with mental and physical health needs in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Undertake assigned nursing tasks as a lone worker with supervision from a registered nurse.

Skills

Community nursing experience

Phlebotomy experience

Caring for adults with complex health

Communication skills

Time management

Willingness to travel

Computer skills

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

We are currently looking for a Community Phlebotomist to work as a member of our District nursing team. You will be trained and supervised by registered professionals, undertaking delegated duties, and expected to follow a plan of care based on the specific needs of service users. You will be required to travel across the St Ives and Hunts Locality to provide a phlebotomy service to support patients in their own homes.

We Are Looking For Someone Who Has

• Experience of working in the community setting.
• Experience working as a phlebotomist although full training will be provided.
• Experience of caring for and supporting adults with complex health needs.
• Enhanced communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to work flexibly across the neighbourhood team, including travelling for work purposes.
• Computer skills, including the use of health electronic patient records e.g SystmOne.
• Good time management skills and the ability to manage individual workload.
• Willing to travel.
• The primary activity for this role will be supporting service users with their physical health needs including venepuncture, taking Blood Pressure, weight and height and other tasks as required. This will require working within the community.
• The post holder will provide support and care for service users with mental and physical health needs and to their carers within a multidisciplinary setting. They will undertake assigned tasks as a lone worker but with support from a registered nurse, including assisting in assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
• The post holder will be trained to ensure that issues of equality, diversity and rights are dealt with in accordance with good practice and legislation.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.