Phlebotomist - Flexible NHS Role Across Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust; West Wycombe; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

You will collaborate within a multidisciplinary team across High Wycombe and other sites, contributing to timely access to care while upholding safety and dignity. Internal development and flexible site coverage are encouraged within NHS frameworks.

Qualifications

• Basic venepuncture and capillary sampling skills inferred from duties.
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with patients and carers.

Responsibilities

• Perform venepuncture and capillary blood sampling on patients across hospital wards, outpatient clinics, GP surgeries, community locations and patients' homes
• Greet and communicate with all service users in a caring, professional manner, obtaining informed consent prior to all procedures
• Select the correct tubes, draw order and needle size for each test, ensuring all samples are accurately labelled and appropriately handled
• Provide clear pre-test instructions to patients
• Support and reassure anxious, distressed or needle-phobic patients throughout the procedure
• Recognise and escape any complications or contraindications to the Phlebotomy Supervisor
• Retrieve and manage computer-generated ward and outpatient phlebotomy lists
• Maintain accurate audit records and pathology request forms
• Support the training and induction of new phlebotomy staff
• Maintain stocks of consumables and adhere to infection control, hand hygiene and uniform policies at all times
• Work flexibly across multiple Trust sites as service needs require

Skills

Venepuncture technique

Patient communication

Job description

You will collaborate within a multidisciplinary team across High Wycombe and other sites, contributing to timely access to care while upholding safety and dignity. Internal development and flexible site coverage are encouraged within NHS frameworks.