Community Phlebotomist

NHS; Torquay; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

The Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a part-time Community Phlebotomist to join its Health and Well-Being team. You will provide essential care to housebound patients while working collaboratively within a supportive multi-disciplinary team. The role offers training opportunities and promotes a healthy work-life balance, making it a fulfilling position for dedicated healthcare professionals.

Benefits

Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year

Career development and training opportunities

Employee Support - Staff access to a 24-hour helpline

Qualifications

• Must be a trained Phlebotomist with a full driving licence.
• Experience working in home environments and good communication skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Obtain high quality blood samples and ensure patient comfort.
• Demonstrate awareness of patients’ psychosocial needs.
• Work independently while also part of the community nurse team.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

IT skills

Education

Trained Phlebotomist

Full Driving Licence

Tools

ICE electronic system

SystmOne EPR

Job description

Go back Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Community Phlebotomist

The closing date is 11 July 2025

The Torquay District Nurse team are recruiting a permanent Band 2 Phlebotomist to work part time (22.5 hours/week) in our Health and Well-Being Team.

Working as a Phlebotomist within an integrated team will result in you working across the community this includes: Community Nursing, Intermediate Care and Community Matrons.

You will be delivering high quality care to housebound patients across the Torquay locality, work as part of multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with primary and secondary care.

Our people are caring, committed, inclusive and focussed on quality. We focus on solutions and people's strengths and are proud of our 'can do' attitude. We encourage outside of the box thinking and embrace innovation and change wherever it can drive improvement.

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to our team.

Main duties of the job

• Demonstrate an awareness of physical, psycho-social, cultural and environmental needs of patients and their family/carer when in patient's homes
• To obtain high quality blood samples from patients in the home environment
• Responsible for planning and organising own day to day work tasks and activities within an occasionally unpredictable environment
• To perform simple nursing procedures after a period of training/supervision from a Registered Nurse
• To work independently and as part of a team, participating in team development when required

About us

Torquay District Nurse Team are a friendly and supportive team who enjoy mentoring team members and students. We are passionate about delivering high quality care to our patients. We work in an integrated way with allied health care professionals within the locality. We are a motivated and caring team to both patients and colleagues. Our team enjoys a flexible approach and promotes a healthy work/home life balance.

Listed are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:

• Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
• Career development and training opportunities
• Employee Support - Staff have access to a 24-hour helpline

Job responsibilities

• Demonstrate an awareness of physical, psycho-social, cultural and environmental needs of patients and their family/carer when in patients homes
• Patient comfort and well-being are paramount
• To consistently produce high quality blood samples with the minimum of discomfort and disturbance to the patient
• To function as part of the Community Nurse Team
• To observe a personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources used in course of work

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

• Trained Phlebotomist
• Full Driving Licence

Knowledge, experience and skills

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to maintain accurate written records
• Basic IT skills/ ability to use ICE electronic system
• Experience of using SystmOne EPR

Specific skills

• Previous experience of working in the home environment
• Broad range of simple nursing procedures eg. Venepuncture, BP monitoring

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust