Phlebotomist

Countess of Chester Hospital Nhs Foundation Trust; Chester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Chester is seeking a part-time phlebotomist to provide essential blood sample collection services across several locations, including inpatient wards and outpatient services. The role requires flexibility and excellent patient interaction skills. Candidates should be prepared for weekend duties and must be comfortable working in various healthcare settings.

Responsibilities

• Ensure patient comfort and confirm agreement to sample collection.
• Collect blood samples according to training and procedures.
• Accurately label all samples to confirm patient identity.
• Check patient identification and confirm with the patient.
• Record sample collection electronically.
• Dispatch samples to laboratories in a timely manner.
• Report anomalies or incidents to senior staff.
• Liaise with laboratory staff.

Job description

Overview

Working Part Time : 30 hours per week.
Monday to Sunday working between the hours of 7.30am - 18:00pm.

An exciting opportunity to work within the Phlebotomy Department. The phlebotomy team provides essential services both within the Trust and the wider health care community. This post includes working within The Countess of Chester Hospital on inpatient wards, outpatient services, as well as clinic settings. We also provide services at the 1829 Building located on The Countess of Chester Hospital Site for GP bloods and offsite locations that include a GP Phlebotomy Hub in Ellesmere Port and ward/outpatient services in Ellesmere Port Hospital. This role includes working at all of the listed locations.

The Phlebotomy team covers weekend duties on a rotational basis; therefore flexibility of the successful candidate is essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that the patient is as comfortable and relaxed as possible and confirming their agreement to the collection of a blood sample.
• Collection of samples(s) of blood in accordance with training and procedures.
• Accurate, legible labelling of all samples to confirm patient identity.
• Checking patient identification against GP/nurse request and confirming with patient whenever possible.
• Recording collection of blood sample via electronic method.
• Ensuring that samples are dispatched to the appropriate laboratories in a timely fashion.
• Ensuring that anomalies or incidents are reported to a senior member of staff and reported via the Datix incident reporting system.
• Liaising with laboratory staff.

About the Trust and Locations

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 5916 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 411,000. This includes 361,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

See Job Description for further details. Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs will be deducted from their salary over the first three months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above. Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.