Phlebotomist

NHS; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Foundation Trust as a Phlebotomist. This role involves crucial patient care, including blood sample collection and operational support while contributing to high standards of healthcare. The position emphasizes professional growth in a collaborative environment dedicated to excellence.

Qualifications

• High Levels of Accuracy required.
• Good communication skills (verbal and written).
• Previous experience in a clinical environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collect blood samples safely and efficiently.
• Manage consumable stock levels.
• Collaborate with a team to provide high-quality patient care.

Skills

Accuracy

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Medical Terminology

Education

Good General Education

Job description

Go back Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Phlebotomist

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Job summary

Join Our Team as a Phlebotomist at Sherwood Forest Hospitals!

Are you passionate about patient care and looking to make a real difference? We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated Phlebotomistto join our team and contribute to the highest standards of healthcare.

Why This Role?

• Essential Impact: Play a crucial role in supporting top-quality patient care through your expertise and dedication.
• Diverse Experience: Perform venepuncture in various settings, including cross-site work, ensuring safe and efficient blood sample collection.
• Professional Growth: Be part of a team that values continuous improvement and professional standards.

What You'll Do:

• Patient Care: Ensure blood samples are collected safely and efficiently, maintaining the highest standards of care.
• Operational Support: Manage consumable stock levels to support the smooth operation of our services.
• Team Collaboration: Work alongside a dedicated team to deliver an efficient, high-quality service to our patients.

If you're committed to excellence and eager to contribute to a dynamic healthcare environment, we want to hear from you!

There is a requirement for this post to cover the phlebotomy role at Kingsmill, Mansfield Community hospital and Newark hospital.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:

Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK

Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

• High Levels of Accuracy
• Good General Education
• Good communication skills. Verbal and Written
• Understanding patient needs and concerns
• Good levels of literacy and numeracy
• Good organisational skills.
• Medical Terminology.
• Previous experience in a clinical environment

Further Training

• On-going
• Venepuncture

Experience

Contractual Requirements

• Cover colleagues when required

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

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust