phlebotomist

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; United States; Remote; USD 21,000 - 27,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Training and ongoing support

Job summary

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Phlebotomist for a 30-hour per week, flexible role across the Aintree Site. You will work rota-based shifts between 07:00 and 13:00, performing venepuncture in hospital wards with emphasis on accuracy, infection control, and patient care.

Training is provided, and you will be responsible for collecting samples, ensuring correct labeling, and liaising with wards and laboratories to ensure timely processing while maintaining safety

Qualifications

• NVQ 2 / GCSE or equivalent; ability to work as a team member.
• Ability to adapt to various working situations.
• Desirable: previous venepuncture experience; effective communication with patients and staff.

Responsibilities

• Collect samples of potentially hazardous blood into appropriate containers.
• Ensure patient consent and verify identity against request forms.
• Accurate labelling of samples to confirm patient identity.
• Despatch samples to laboratories using internal systems or porters.
• Work one-to-one with patients with minimal supervision.
• Report anomalies to a senior member of staff.
• Practice infection control procedures (ANTT).
• Assess and dress venepuncture sites; keep workstation clean.

Skills

Excellent communication

Attention to detail

Education

NVQ 2 / GCSE or equivalent

Tools

Venepuncture experience

Job description

This vacancy is for 1x30 hours per week flexible position, working across the Aintree Site. Applicants must be prepared to work on a rota basis between the hours of 07.00am and 13.00pm Mon - Sun. Once trained, you will perform venepuncture in the hospital wards. Attention to detail and infection control awareness is crucial, together with good communication and team working skills. You will be key in ensuring samples are taken in a timely and efficient manner, whilst maintaining the health and safety of our patients, strictly adhering to infection control procedures, accurately labelling the samples and sending them off to the laboratory for testing.

• Collect samples of potentially hazardous blood into appropriate containers
• Ensure patients consent to procedure, check patient identification against request form identification
• Accurate labelling of samples to confirm patients' identity to conform to local and national guidelines
• Ensure that samples are despatched to the appropriate laboratories by using the internal hospital vacuum pod system or by liaising with the porters
• Work on a one to one with patients and without direct supervision
• Ensure that anomalies are reported to a senior member of staff
• Practice infection control procedures e.g. ANTT (antiseptic non touch technique)
• Assess and dress venepuncture site
• Ensure your workstation is clean and stocked at all times
• Handling of potentially contaminated bodily fluids e.g., urine, faeces, and sputum

Communication

• Liaise with doctors and nursing staff regarding details on request forms etc
• Show empathy and understanding of patients needs e.g. coping with needle phobias
• Encouraging reluctant patients to undergo venepuncture
• Reassuring distressed patients and their relatives
• Adapt procedures to cope with patients with mental and physical disabilities, also realizing patient's religious boundaries
• Using diplomacy, taking care not to disclose information that has not been previously explained to the patient by medical practitioner
• To communicate with ward staff to ascertain whether a patient has fasted or taken medication at a certain time when relevant
• Answer telephones enquires, and give relevant information or transfer the call to appropriate person
• Understanding of all the procedures, and the need for special liaison with the laboratories, to ensure certain tests are carried out as per recognised procedure

Attend training lectures, study days and workshops as and when relevant or as per instruction of Manager. Read all relevant training literature provided. Maintain an appropriate awareness of relevant departmental, hospital and national policies and Health and Safety guidelines.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £25.70 (standard disclosure) or £46.70 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Our statement on modern slavery We have zero tolerance of slavery and human trafficking and are committed to maintaining and improving systems, processes and policies to avoid complicity in human rights violation and to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our supply chain. The Trust policies, procedures, governance and legal arrangements are robust, ensuring that proper checks and due diligence are applied in employment procedures to ensure compliance with this legislation. We also conform to the NHS employment check standards within our workforce recruitment and selection practices. This strategic approach incorporates analysis of the Trust's supply chains and its partners to assess risk exposure and management on modern slavery.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

We're looking for someone with excellent communication, attention to detail, and a caring approach. Full training and ongoing support will help you develop your skills, whether you're experienced or just starting your healthcare career. As a phlebotomist, you'll play a vital role in patient care by collecting blood samples safely and accurately to support diagnosis and treatment. You'll be a reassuring presence for patients, combining technical skill with compassion to make the experience as comfortable as possible.

Qualifications

• NVQ 2 /GCSE or equivalent, Ability to work as a team member
• Ability to work as a team member
• Ability to adapt to various working situations

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience of venepuncture, Ability to communicate effectively with individuals
• Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.