Phlebotomist

NHS; Newport; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider is seeking a Phlebotomist to join their busy team. Responsibilities include collecting blood samples and ensuring quality care. Candidates should have effective communication skills and the ability to work under pressure. Flexible working arrangements are offered. This role is situated on the Isle of Wight, known for its stunning scenery and special community focus.

Benefits

Onsite day nursery

Cycle-to-work scheme

Discounts at local businesses

Opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut

Qualifications

• Recent experience in phlebotomy preferred.
• Ability to handle exposure to blood and body fluids.
• Good handwriting and keyboard skills.

Responsibilities

• Collect blood samples from patients via venepuncture.
• Ensure blood samples are correctly labeled for laboratories.
• Work flexibly across shifts as required.

Skills

Effective communication

Attention to detail

Ability to work under pressure

Teamwork

Job description

We are recruiting for a Phlebotomist who wishes to join our busy Phlebotomy team at #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients and staff receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards great people, great place.

The Phlebotomy team provides a phlebotomy service to the hospital wards and the walk-in clinic.

Applicants ideally will have recent / previous experience in phlebotomy. Refresher training can be arranged if required and personal development is actively encouraged.

Hours to be discussed

Main duties of the job

As a Phlebotomist you would be part of the phlebotomy team working within the wards and clinic collecting blood samples. You should be an effective communicator, have a keen eye for detail and be able to work under pressure.

At the present time the department operates between 07:30 and 16:30 Monday to Friday plus weekend shifts. Successful candidates will be required to work flexibly across all shifts and any future potential areas where phlebotomy is required.

About us

Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.

We are committed to endorsing inclusion, diversity and multiculturalism throughout out services and as such, our procedures and policies ensure that applicants are always treated fairly throughout the recruitment process.

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trusts beach hut in Ryde. We offer flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.

Job responsibilities

You will contribute to the provision of a high quality, phlebotomy service for patients on the Isle of Wight by obtaining blood samples from patients through venepuncture and ensuring that blood samples are labelled correctly in preparation for being forwarded to laboratories.

The collection of blood by venepuncture will take place in designated areas i.e. the Phlebotomy Outpatients Departments at St. Marys and the wards at St. Marys Hospital. However, phlebotomists may also be asked to attend other Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust properties in the performance of their duties.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Role Specific Knowledge

• Understanding of job role.

Physical Skills

• Able to sit or stand in a restricted position for a substantial portion of the time (standing/ bending/ stooping to obtain blood samples).
• Able to exert moderate physical effort when manoeuvring patients in wheelchairs or helping elderly/ infirm patients into and out of phlebotomy chairs and / or pushing phlebotomy trolleys.
• Able to concentrate for long periods of time with good hand/ eye coordination skills.
• Possess good handwriting and keyboard skills.
• Able to deal with frequent exposure to highly unpleasant working conditions with daily exposure to blood and other body fluids.
• Able to deal with exposure to verbal/physical aggression in a compassionate and sympathetic manner.

Abilities

• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to work accurately whilst remaining calm and with a professional manner.
• Ability to request assistance to assess the suitability of veins for venepuncture and decision on whether a particular sample is of the quality required for analysis.

Communication Skills

• Be able to understand how to communicate and reassure patients in an empathetic and supportive manner referring to more senior phlebotomists as necessary.

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.