Phlebotomist
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Phlebotomist
£22383
York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Scarborough
- Part time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 18 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 7d7c25f15c4848318035a86377a8ea82
Full Job Description
Scarborough Phlebotomy currently have an opportunity to join our existing team as a Phlebotomist, on a permanent basis, working 19 hour hours per week.
The Phlebotomy Service currently collects more than 100,000 blood samples per year. We provide a Phlebotomy Service at Scarborough Hospital on the wards and in our Outpatients Department.
Predominantly working Saturday and Sunday between 07.30 - 12.00pm bank holidays are worked on a rota basis. However you will be expected to cover all our service hours which are currently 7.30 am - 5 pm Monday to Friday, 7.30 am - 12.00 pm Saturday and Sunday including Bank Holidays.,
- To collect blood samples from patients, including Paediatric, through venepuncture as requested by clinicians and other appropriately authorised doctors and health professionals.
- To collect blood samples safely with compassion and dignity of patients, and the needs of other clinical services.
- To ensure blood samples are collected in appropriate containers, labelled correctly, and prepared and dispatched to relevant laboratory sections in a timely and correct manner.
- To ensure correct ANTT is used for cannulation and Blood Cultures and accurate documentation is recorded for any cannula inserted.
- To contribute to the provision of an efficient, high quality service and ensure that proficiency and competence and personal and professional standards of that group are maintained.
- To travel and work across all phlebotomy service areas and locations.
If you're a team player with excellent people skills, and a steady hand we look forward to hearing from you!
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including: - Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
- A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
- Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
- NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
- An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
- Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance through a of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.