Phlebotomist

York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Scarborough; Presencial; GBP 13 000 - 15 000; Tempo parcial

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days (NHS

Relocation package up to 30% of salary

Resumo da oferta

York And Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a part-time phlebotomist to join a friendly team across Scarborough Hospital outpatient, wards, and the Eastfield CDC service in Scarborough.

You will be part of a rotating schedule, delivering blood-taking services with emphasis on patient care, accuracy, and safety. Prior phlebotomy experience is not essential as training is provided.

Qualificações

• Willingness to undertake further training and development.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work across multiple locations on a rotating schedule.

Responsabilidades

• Collect blood samples via venepuncture as requested by clinicians and authorised staff.
• Ensure samples are labelled correctly and dispatched to laboratory sections promptly.
• Maintain high quality, safe phlebotomy standards and patient dignity.
• Collaborate with Medical, Nursing and Laboratory teams to provide rapid blood collection.
• Participate in weekend and bank holiday rota to sustain services across the Trust.

Conhecimentos

Phlebotomy awareness

Communication skills

Team player

Formação académica

GCSE standard or equivalent

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Job overview

Are you seeking a new challenge? We are looking for someone to join our friendly team of Phlebotomists. This is a part-time position with up to 23 hours available per week. You will be part of a team providing a blood-taking service across Scarborough Hospital outpatient and ward areas, as well as the new CDC service in Eastfield, Scarborough, and at Malton Hospital. You will need to be: An enthusiastic and motivated team player. Someone with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Passionate about delivering high-quality, timely, and effective phlebotomy services. Flexible and able to work across all service locations and hours on a rotating basis. Previous blood-taking experience is not essential. If you share our values and are committed to patient care, we would love to hear from you! Interviews for this position are held in person only and requests for remote interviews will not be offered

Main duties of the job

• To collect blood samples from patients through venepuncture, as requested by clinicians and other appropriately authorised doctors and health professionals.
• To collect blood samples safely with due respect to the dignity of patients, and the needs of other clinical services.
• To ensure blood samples are collected in appropriate containers, labelled correctly, and prepared and dispatched to relevant laboratory sections in a timely and correct manner.
• To contribute to the provision of an efficient, high quality service and ensure that proficiency and competence and personal and professional standards of that group are maintained.
• To work closely with Medical, Nursing, and Laboratory staff to provide a rapid blood collection service, which is sensitive to service requirements on individual Wards, OPD or GP practices as appropriate.
• To provide high quality, timely and effective phlebotomy services to patients on one or more floors at Scarborough Hospital, or other designated areas as directed by the Deputy/ Phlebotomy Manager.
• To take part in a weekend and bank holiday rota to maintain phlebotomy services across the Trust.

Working for our organisation

For further information about working for our Trust please visit:

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave.
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme.
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance through a of providers.

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: .

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• Willingness to undertake further training
• Educated to GCSE Standard or Equivalent
• Awareness of current issues in health care Standards of Professional Practice
• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
• Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
• Experience of working face to face with the general public including the handling of complaints

Desirable criteria

• Qualification in English and Mathematics

Skills and Experience (Please give examples)

Essential criteria

• Good communication at all levels both verbally and in writing and in a responsive and professional manner.
• Good IT skills to be able to input data on systems and utilise email.
• Ability to build working relationships with colleagues within the team and across specialities
• Ability to organise and prioritise
• Ability to work to policies and procedures and maintain confidentiality

Desirable criteria

• Previous Phlebotomy experience
• Healthcare experience, transferable skills
• Knowledge of Patient Safety and Policies and Procedures for each individual skill