Phlebotomist

Nhs View All Jobs; Swansea; Sur place; GBP 21 000 - 26 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Swansea Bay University Health Board is recruiting for a Phlebotomy role across multiple sites in the Swansea area. You will collect blood samples by venepuncture, work across hospital wards, clinics and community settings, and provide compassionate care to patients.

Flexibility to travel between Morriston, Singleton, Neath Port Talbot Hospitals, and other sites is required, including weekend and bank holiday shifts. Welsh language skills are desirable but not essential.

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent (Essential)
• Evidence of maintaining personal development (Essential)
• Vocational qualification in a healthcare related subject (Desirable)
• Basic First aid qualification (Desirable)
• Experience in Phlebotomy (Essential)
• Working with public/patients (Essential)
• Full awareness and understanding of health and safety protocols applicable to Phlebotomy including infection control (Desirable)

Responsabilités

• Collect blood samples by venepuncture from patients in a supervised environment.
• Communicate effectively with all members of staff and patients, whilst being sensitive to patients' needs.
• Learn all Phlebotomy skills to enable accurate collection of blood samples.
• Prepare and maintain clinical areas.
• Work accurately and safely under pressure.
• Visit GP Surgeries and outlying Hospitals, and perform venepuncture in inpatients.
• Work weekend, bank holiday and evening shifts.

Description du poste

Applications are invited from enthusiastic and well-motivated individuals to join our team providing high quality, compassionate care to our patients. We also welcome applications from people with minimal Phlebotomy experience providing they have other required attributes. The successful candidates will be required to undertake a wide range of duties appropriate to the Phlebotomy section but will mainly be involved with the collection of blood samples by venepuncture for analysis from hospital wards, outpatients, primary care and community clinics.

We currently have hours available at our Morriston, Singleton, Neath Port Talbot Hospitals as well as NPT resource centre, Gorseinon Hospital and Central Clinic. Successful candidates will need to be able to cover any of these sites and participate in the weekend / bank holiday rota. You will be required to travel between sites in a timely manner.

Having a blood test done is often an essential step in a patient's diagnosis or treatment and the care we give makes a real difference to this journey.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for a detailed outline of the job requirements. This is available bilingually, in English and Welsh.

Main duties of the job

• Collect blood samples by venepuncture from patients in a supervised environment.
• Communicate effectively with all members of staff and patients, whilst being sensitive to patients' needs.
• Learn all Phlebotomy skills to enable accurate collection of blood samples.
• Prepare and maintain clinical areas.
• Work accurately and safely under pressure.
• Visit GP Surgeries and outlying Hospitals, and perform venepuncture in inpatients.
• Work weekend, bank holiday and evening shifts.

Person Specification

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent (Essential)
• Evidence of maintaining personal development (Essential)
• Vocational qualification in a healthcare related subject (Desirable)
• Basic First aid qualification (Desirable)
• Experience in Phlebotomy (Essential)
• Working with public/patients (Essential)
• Full awareness and understanding of health and safety protocols applicable to Phlebotomy including infection control (Desirable)

We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation. You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you. There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.