Phlebotomist - Peterborough

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 14,000; Full time

Job summary

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting Phlebotomists to join the Peterborough City Hospital team. The role involves venepuncture, patient identification, labeling and delivering samples to the lab, and providing reassurance to patients during procedures.

Applicants must be reliable, able to work flexibly on a 7-day rota including weekends and bank holidays. Experience in phlebotomy is preferred but not essential; full training and support are provided.

Qualifications

• Phlebotomy experience preferred but not essential.
• Willing to work a flexible 7-day rota, including weekends and bank holidays.
• Duties include explaining procedures, venepuncture, accurate patient identification and sample labelling, and delivering samples to the lab.

Responsibilities

• Explain procedures to patients and provide reassurance.
• Collect blood samples by venepuncture.
• Accurately identify patients and label samples.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Blood collection

Job description

The team provides phlebotomy services to the in-patient wards at Peterborough City Hospital. As part of North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, staff are expected to be able to work at our other sites including Hinchingbrooke Hospital and Stamford Hospital if required. As a phlebotomist your duties would include:

• Explaining the procedure to patients and providing reassuranceif needed.
• The collection of blood samples by venepuncture.
• Accurate identification of patients and labelling of samples.
• Delivering the samples to the laboratory within required timescales.
• Collating information regarding patient statistics, audit and patient surveys.

Phlebotomy experience is preferred but not essential. Please see the Job Description and Person Specification to ensure this is the job for you. Duty periods will be mainly between 08.00-12.30 hrs. Applicants must be able to work flexibly over a 7 day rota which includes weekends and Bank Holidays. 18.75 Hours per week.

Do you like meeting people and working as part of a team? Are you responsible and reliable with the ability to put people at ease? If so, we have the job for you! We are currently recruiting Phlebotomists to join our busy but friendly team at Peterborough City Hospital. Phlebotomists are responsible for the collection of blood samples by venepuncture from patients attending the hospital either as an inpatient or an outpatient. Previous experience is preferred however, our main priority is to find people with the values, attitudes and behaviours that match ours and therefore, we are happy to provide training and support for the right candidate.

Priority will be given to colleagues identified as at risk through the Trust's redeployment process.