Community Phlebotomist

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; St. Ives; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust requires a role involving travel around the county with a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle. You will undertake physical health checks, BP measurements, and venepuncture under supervision, while promoting patient-centred care in community settings.

The post involves working across the community, supporting the team to ensure safe, effective services and timely care for service users.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Ability to travel across the county to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Undertake physical health checks including venepuncture, taking BP, and other tasks as required.
• Work across the community to support the team and maintain stocks where needed.
• Promote a positive service user experience through proactive listening and responsive problem solving.
• Observe and report changes in service users’ wellbeing to a registered team member.
• Maintain accurate entries in patients’ electronic health records and collaborate with colleagues.

Job description

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities To undertake physical health checks including venepuncture, taking BP, and other tasks as required. To work across the community as required Support the team in maintaining essential stocks. To promote a positive service user experience through proactive listening, being responsive to issues raised and through resolving issues and concerns raised by service users with colleagues and senior members of the team. To be responsible for maintaining and conducting oneself in a professional manner towards service users, carers, colleagues and other agencies, at all times. To participate in working collaboratively with other Trust services and external agencies to provide seamless care for service users. To observe and report to a registered member of the team, any changes which may indicate an alteration in the general wellbeing and safety of a service user. This would include observations around the service users presentation, behaviour, mood and verbal content. To demonstrate empathy, dignity, respect and compassion toward service users at all times. To understand the importance of the relatives/carers contribution to care and conversing with the service users and their relatives/carers, establishing their needs and assisting them as necessary. Ensuring that any entries made by the post holder in the patients electronic health record are current, relevant and accurate. To promote and support registered staff with the physical health, comfort and wellbeing of service users, including physical observations and taking blood pressure, temperature and pulse under their guidance and supervision. To ensure good working relationships with colleagues by contributing to the effective running of the service through engaging in clinical discussions and attending appropriate meetings including contributing to neighbourhood team hand-overs. *DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust