Phlebotomist

Band 2

**Main area**
- Phlebotomist

**Grade**
- Band 2

**Contract**
- Permanent

**Hours**
- Full time
- Part time

37.5 hours per week (Requires evenings, weekends and cross campus working)

**Job ref**
- 164-5284536-A

**Site**
- Nottingham University Hospitals
- Cross Campus Working

**Town**
- Nottingham

**Salary**
- £22,383 per annum

**Salary period**
- Yearly

**Closing**
- 30/06/2023 23:59

Job overview

Do you want an opportunity for an exciting new career?

An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen for motivated and enthusiastic people to join our team at NUH providing Phlebotomy services to all ward areas, clinics and outpatients departments on both of our campuses, including the Treatment centre.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

Phlebotomy is the skill of obtaining a blood sample by using varying techniques and equipment, whilst following trust guidance and policy.

The teams provide a warm and welcoming supportive learning environment and share a wealth of experience and knowledge.

Previous experience working as a Phlebotomist is not required as full supervised training will be provided.

Working for our organisation

**OUR VISION**

Delivering the best care to our

Patients, valuing and developing our staff.

**OUR STRATEGY.**

To work with our People, Patients and Partners to deliver the best healthcare. To innovate through compassionate leadership, research and education. To continually improve our provision of safe high quality care, maximising the Potential and Performance of our engaged and empowered team. Being the best we will deliver the:
Right care

At the right time

In the right place

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Excellent communication skills along with a pleasant, friendly and understanding disposition are essential for this role and previous experience of working with the general public would be an advantage.

This role will require the post holder to wear personal, protective, equipment (PPE) including masks, aprons and gloves as per trust guidance.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria
- GCSE grades A-C or equivalent in English and Maths.

Desirable criteria
- venepuncture certification or exposure

Experience

Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the Phlebotomy role

Desirable criteria
- NHS experience or similar health care environment

Analytical and judgement skills

Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure

Desirable criteria
- Evidence of the ability to work on own initiative

Communication and relationship skills

Essential criteria
- Computer literate/able to use and enter data on required software
- Can demonstrate good written and verbal communication skills
- Evidence of the ability to work as part of a team

Desirable criteria
- Ability to cope with exposure to distressing situations
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career

**Salary**: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation such as passports, visas and driving license through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the **Occupational Health Department **confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.