Phlebotomy Lead

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust invites applications for a Phlebotomy Lead to manage the phlebotomy team across hospital and community settings. The post holder will oversee resources within budget, respond to changing service demands, and uphold quality standards.

Key duties include staff and rota management, governance, recruitment, and ongoing training. Based at New Cross Hospital with cross-site working as required.

Qualifications

• Supervisory/management experience required.
• NVQ Level 3 or significant phlebotomy experience.

Responsibilities

• Staff management and supervision of phlebotomists.
• Rota management and staffing adjustments.
• Sickness monitoring and duty coverage.
• Governance and quality assurance responsibilities.
• Recruitment activities and interviewing.
• Training and development for team members.

Skills

People management

Rota management

Attention to detail

Working under pressure

Phlebotomy experience

Education

NVQ Level 3 or significant experience

Tools

Computer skills

Job description

The Phlebotomy Lead will manage the team of phlebotomists working in the hospital and the Community. The postholder will be expected to assist in the management of resources (staff, equipment and consumables) to achieve optimum levels of quality and efficiency within the budget allocation. The postholder will be expected to respond positively to the changing demands of the service, through innovation, communication, setting standards and achieving results

Main duties of the job

• Staff Management
• Rota Management
• Sickness Monitoring
• Governance/ Quality
• Recruitment
• Training and Development

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details and main responsibilities.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• SUPERVISORY/ MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
• NVQ LEVEL 3 OR SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE

EXPERIENCE

• EXCELLENT COMPUTER SKILLS
• EXPERIENCE IN ROTA MANAGEMENT
• ACCURACY AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL
• ABILITY TO WORK UNDER PRESSURE IN A BUSY ENVIRONMENT
• PREVIOUS PHLEBTOMY EXPERIENCE

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

• ABILITY TO MOTIVATE AND IMPLEMENT AGREED CHANGE
• STRONG PEOPLE MANAGEMENT SKILLS
• CLARITY OF THOUGH AND ARTICULATE IN PRESENTING IDEAS AND OPINIONS

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.

Based at New Cross Hospital - cross site working required

Based at New Cross Hospital - cross site working required