Sample Collector / Phlebotomist (Ad Hoc)

Eurofins; Ashford; Remote; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel expenses paid

PPE provided

Job summary

Lextox is recruiting a Sample Collector/Phlebotomist to join our team on a zero-hours, ad-hoc basis. The role is home-based with collections at solicitor offices, authorities or donors' homes across the Ashford region.

You will travel to booked appointments, collect hair, nail, blood and DNA samples, and support legal proceedings with sample statements. Applicants must be qualified phlebotomists with 2+ years’ experience, hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle with business

Qualifications

• Two years’ experience in Phlebotomy (post qualification).
• DBS checks required.
• NHS/Blood Service experience considered a plus.
• Experience collecting hair and DNA samples is a plus (in-house training provided).

Responsibilities

• Attend pre-booked appointments at locations within a 2 hour radius of home.
• Provide professional hair, nail, blood and DNA sample collection services.
• Maintain excellent client relationships and represent Lextox publicly.
• Follow Quality Management System and ISO17025 requirements.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal and comms

Full UK Driving Licence

Own vehicle with business insurance

Education

Phlebotomy qualification

Job description

• Part-time

Company Description

Eurofins Forensic Services (EFS) is the largest forensic service provider in the UK and Europe. We are part of Eurofins Scientific, which is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on and forensics. Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate. Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.
In over 35 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to 61,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of ca. 900 laboratories in 61 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytic methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products. In 2025, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 7.2 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Lextox are a UKAS accredited laboratory based in Cardiff, providing drug, alcohol and DNA testing services for family law cases and childcare proceedings.

Job Description

We have a vacancy for a Sample Collector / Phlebotomist to join our Sample Collections team in Asfordand surrounding areas, on an AD HOC/casual basis.

Candidates must be professionally qualified Phlebotomists, have recent experience in various venepuncture techniques (predominately vacutainerand butterfly) and be able to collect samples in non-clinical settings.

Contract Type:Zero hours – as and whenrequired(AD-HOC). Most collection appointments are planned within normal business hours.

The Role

• Attending pre booked appointments at various locations whichwill generally be within a2 hourradius from your home address.
• Provide a professional hair,nail, bloodand DNA sample collection service.Please note other collection types may be added as per the Lextox product portfolio.
• Maintain and develop excellent relationships with clients, donors as the public face of Lextox.
• Implement the requirements of the company Quality management System and help maintain ISO17025 accreditation.
• Ensure that all collections are undertaken safely following the required operating procedure.
• Provide statements to support legal proceedings at point of sample collection.
• Completion of all company mandated training.

Qualifications

Whatwe’relooking for:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Full UK Driving Licence and MUST have own access to a vehicle with business insurance.
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in Phlebotomy, post qualification (proof of Phlebotomy competency may berequested).
• This role is subject to regular enhanced DBS checks.
• Experience in working within the NHS / Blood Service.
• Experience in collecting hair and DNA samples (in-house training is provided for this aspect of the role).

Additional Information

Initial training will be carried out at Lextox office, but the role will ultimately be home based. Successful applicants will be paid on a per collection basis only, plusappropriate travelexpenses will be paid, including fuel, parkingfeesand sample postage.

Collections assignments willgenerally beprimarily at either a solicitor’s office, local authorityofficeor donor’s home;appropriate PPEwill be provided for use as required.

For this position, the role will involve the taking of blood samples, where Hepatitis B vaccination isrequired.

Please note that we reserve the right to close any adverts once we have receiveda sufficient number ofapplications. If you decide to apply for this post but do not hear back from us within two weeks of your application, please assume that you have not been short-listed on this occasion.

Lextox is a committed equal opportunities employer and does not unlawfully discriminateon the basis ofany status or condition protected by applicable UK employment law

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