Job summary
- Main area
- Phlebotomy - Community Division
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Bank: 12 months (June 24 - June 25)
- Hours
- Full time
- Other
- Job ref
- 350-CCBANK6103111
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Across Merseycare phlebotomy clinics
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £22,383 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 03/06/2024
Employer heading
Community Phlebotomist (bank)
Band 2
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the right candidate to join Merseycare phlebotomists by way of our temporary staffing (or bank) service.
The post holder will be expected to consider supporting across Phlebotomy Service both Liverpool; Knowsley and Sefton Clinics inclusive of all Domiciliary Settings .
Main duties of the job
The post holder is expected to work effectively as a team member of the community phlebotomy service, ensuring a reliable, timely and quality specimen collection service.
Consideration to applicants whom are unable to complete venepuncture will be given.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To take blood samples from patients referred into the service in a variety of settings and venues
To ensure that all documentation is completed accurately and efficiently.
To keep the supply of essential equipment within the clinics and domiciliary service at an adequate level for service delivery.
Clinical
To work in line with the infection prevention and control policy.
To work in all Phlebotomy clinic
To maintain a clean and tidy clinical work area at all times.
Maintain high level of competency in all required techniques.
Ensure specimens are appropriately prepared prior to being collected by the courier service, for example, accurately labelled and in correct sample bottles.
Please see attached Job Description for full list of responsibilities and duties.
Person specification
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Working with the general public.
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in a health care environment
Values
Essential criteria
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience as a phlebotomist
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
- Demonstrate self-management and organisational skills
- Demonstrable evidence of a caring approach to the public.
- Ability to demonstrate flexibility and motivation in the workplace
- Must be able to travel effectively in the course of duties.
Qualifications
Desirable criteria
- NVQ level 2 in health and social care.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jessica Doherty
- Job title
- Operational manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07855023177
- Additional information
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