Phlebotomist

NHS; Andover; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare trust in the United Kingdom is seeking a skilled Phlebotomist to provide essential blood collection services with excellent patient care. This role emphasizes compassion, flexibility, and teamwork across multiple healthcare sites. Successful candidates are expected to participate in a weekend rota and may be required to cover various locations during staff shortages. Prior experience in phlebotomy is advantageous but not essential for those with the right attributes. Competitive salary offered, with pro rata rates from £24,937 to £26,598.

Qualifications

• Good sound general education.
• Understanding of patient confidentiality principles.
• Knowledge of phlebotomy's role in patient care.

Responsibilities

• Collect blood samples from patients as part of their diagnosis and treatment.
• Ensure high-quality specimen collection with minimal patient anxiety.
• Participate in weekend rota and support services across sites.

Skills

Excellent patient care and compassion

Ability to work across our sites

Good IT Skills

Good interpersonal skills

Education

Vocational course in phlebotomy at NVQ 3 level

Job description

Phlebotomist

The closing date is 25 January 2026

To be a member of the phlebotomy team providing a patient friendly service as required over a 6‑day week between the hours of 07:00 and 17:00. Phlebotomists will be expected to provide a helpful and professional service to patients and healthcare staff within the Trust and primary care.

Applications are invited from experienced Phlebotomists to join our team providing a high quality, compassionate care to our patients. We also welcome applications from people with minimal or no Phlebotomy experience providing they have other required attributes. All applicants if successful, unless they are at a standard where they can work in all areas needed, will start on a Band 2 progressing to Band 3 when they are working competently in all areas.

We are looking for individuals with the skill and flexibility to support our services in Outpatients, Trust wards and GP clinics. The successful candidates should be willing to participate in the weekend rota and may be asked to cover other sites (Basingstoke and Winchester hospitals) on occasions of unexpected leave/staff shortages.

The individual will be responsible for ensuring that the blood specimens are taken in a manner that does not cause undue anxiety to the patient and that laboratories are provided with timely, high quality blood specimens taken in tubes that are appropriate for the tests requested.

Main duties of the job

Caring for and collecting blood samples from patients who require test as part of their diagnosis and treatment

What we look for:

• Excellent patient care and compassion
• Ability to work across our sites
• Good IT Skills
• Weekend and BH working
• To be physically able to undertake the following requirements of the role -
• Standing, sitting, stretching or reaching to take bloods
• Raising and lowering phlebotomy chairs and patient beds
• Walking between wards and department whilst pushing trolley

Becoming a member of a team that is highly valued and respected team that make a real difference to our patients.

We provide a Phlebotomy service across all our sites caring for patients on our wards those that attend our outpatients services and in several outlying GP Surgeries. Having a blood test done is often an essential step in a patients diagnosis or treatment and the care we give makes a real difference to this journey.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire. Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive. We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer. The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Job responsibilities

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

• Good sound general education
• Vocational course in phlebotomy at NVQ 3 level

Experience & Knowledge

• Understand the principles of patient confidentiality
• A knowledge of the importance and relevance of phlebotomy in the deliverance of patient care

Skills & Ability

• Good interpersonal skills and able to communicate with patients and healthcare professionals
• Basic IT skills

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

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a year pro rata