Phlebotomist

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust; Southampton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated phlebotomist to provide high-quality blood sampling and cannulation services. This role involves ensuring the dignity of patients while performing duties accurately and efficiently. The successful candidate will work as part of a collaborative healthcare team focused on delivering outstanding patient care in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Travel options including park & ride

Discounted travel benefits

Qualifications

• Willingness to learn new skills and adapt to patient care needs.
• Experience in healthcare settings and ability to manage clinical equipment.
• Training completion for Venesection and cannulation within 2 months.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality phlebotomy and cannulation services.
• Collect blood samples safely and prepare them for laboratory testing.
• Assist in providing individualized patient care under supervision.

Skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Ability to cope with work pressures

Education

NVQ3

Basic Life Support training

Job description

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a high-quality phlebotomy and cannulation service that offers the best possible standards of patient care.

The post holder will provide a high-quality phlebotomy and cannulation service that offers the best possible standards of patient care.

Collect blood samples safely with due respect to the dignity of patients, and the needs of other clinical services, and to ensure blood samples are collected in appropriate containers, labelled correctly, and prepared and dispatched to relevant laboratory sections in a timely and accurate manner.

Assist in the provision of individualised care, under the supervision of a qualified nurse and others in the health care professional team.

Collect blood samples safely with due respect to the dignity of patients, and the needs of other clinical services, and to ensure blood samples are collected in appropriate containers, labelled correctly, and prepared and dispatched to relevant laboratory sections in a timely and accurate manner.

Assist in the provision of individualised care, under the supervision of a qualified nurse and others in the health care professional team.

Working for our organisation

University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.

Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.

We believe that using technology wisely shows strong time management and commitment to innovation. However, personalizing your recruitment application to highlight your unique skills and experiences is crucial. Relying too heavily on generic, AI-generated content instead of drawing from your own strengths and accomplishments may lead to your application being rejected if multiple candidates present identical or similar information.

At UHS we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.

At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognizing that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

WHAT YOU’LL DO
A phlebotomist’s role is to provide a high quality phlebotomy and cannulation service that offers the best possible standards of patient care to inpatients and any other area requiring venesection/cannulation services. You will assist in the provision of individualised care, under the supervision of a qualified nurse and others in the health care professional team.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

We are looking to recruit self-motivated, dynamic people with a passion for taking blood samples while delivering high quality patient care. With a keen eye for attention to detail and the ability to prioritise your own workload, you will be a keen learner that embraces change whilst maintaining high standards.

Person specification

Trust Values

• Always Improving
• Working Together

Qualifications, knowledge and experience

• Willingness to learn new skills. Ability to work as part of a team but also having the ability to work on their own
• Ability to cope with work pressures when working in high care areas when having difficulty in collecting blood sample from patients
• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary environment
• Ability to complete all training packages including Venesection and cannulation course and ANTT course within 2 months.
• Experience in providing healthcare
• NVQ3, or willing to undertake NVQ training
• Basic Life Support training
• Previous clinical experience in a hospital setting
• Experience in Venesection in an acute setting
• Experience in hospital IT systems

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.

Getting to work should be as easy as possible and that’s why we have introduced the UHS travel promise – a commitment from the Trust that we will provide reasonable travel options for every member of staff. Every member of staff can apply for a permit to use our park & ride facility. Eligibility for on-site parking is dependent on the nature and requirement of the role. All staff can also access a range of discounted benefits relating to travel including reduced price bus tickets, purchase of salary sacrifice bikes and ultra-low emission cars.

Our commitment to equality

Equality remains at the centre of our policymaking, service delivery, and employment practice, giving all employees equal opportunity to develop, apply for promotions, and have working arrangements that enable them to achieve a manageable work-life balance.

UHS actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for managers and staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development, and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.