Phlebotomist (Band 3) - Phlebotomy - Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

To be a member of the phlebotomy team providing a patient friendly service as required over a 6-day week between the hours of 07:00 and 18:00. Phlebotomists will be expected to provide a helpful and professional service to patients and healthcare staff within the Trust and primary care.

Applications are invited from experienced Phlebotomists to join our team providing a high quality, compassionate care to our patients. We also welcome applications from people with minimal or no Phlebotomy experience providing they have other required attributes. All applicants if successful, unless they are at a standard where they can work in all areas needed, will start on a Band 2 progressing to Band 3 when they are working competently in all areas.

We are looking for individuals with the skill and flexibility to support our services in Outpatients, Trust wards and GP clinics. The successful candidates should be willing to participate in the weekend rota and may be asked to cover other sites (Basingstoke and Winchester hospitals) on occasions of unexpected leave/staff shortages.

The individual will be responsible for ensuring that the blood specimens are taken in a manner that does not cause undue anxiety to the patient and that laboratories are provided with timely, high quality blood specimens taken in tubes that are appropriate for the tests requested.

Main duties of the job

Caring for and collecting blood samples from patients who require tests as part of their diagnosis and treatment.

What we look for:

• Excellent patient care and compassion
• Ability to work across our sites
• Good IT Skills
• To be physically able to undertake the following requirements of the role:
• Standing, sitting, stretching or reaching to take bloods
• Raising and lowering phlebotomy chairs and patient beds
• Walking between wards and departments whilst pushing a trolley

Becoming a member of a team that is highly valued and respected, making a real difference to our patients.

We provide a Phlebotomy service across all our sites caring for patients on our wards, those that attend our outpatient services, and in several outlying GP Surgeries. Having a blood test done is often an essential step in a patient's diagnosis or treatment, and the care we give makes a real difference to this journey.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement, and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part-time working will be considered.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

• Good sound general education
• Vocational course in phlebotomy at NVQ 3 level

Experience & Knowledge

• Understand the principles of patient confidentiality
• A knowledge of the importance and relevance of phlebotomy in the deliverance of patient care

Skills & Ability

• Good interpersonal skills and able to communicate with patients and healthcare professionals
• Basic IT skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Connie Burton
Job title: Phlebotomy and Specimen Reception Manager
Email address: connie.burton@hhft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07554091558