Phlebotomist

You will be required to work alongside medical and nursing staff and other healthcare professionals as part of a multidisciplinary team. This role will require you to work in a multitude of locations ranging from wards, outpatients, clinics and community services (including a variety of geographic locations).

You will be required to undertake a range of protocol driven tasks, working to tight targets and deadlines. These tasks will include being required to handle clinical specimens, accurately record data for quality assurance monitoring procedures, as well as other administrative duties.

Concentration and attention to details are essential to this role. The post holder will offer a helpful and professional service to all visitors and telephone callers and will assist in the provision of a high quality service

**Please note**: You will be required to work a flexible shift pattern between 06:30 and 18:00 Monday - Sunday if and when required.

To collect blood samples from inpatients, outpatients and patients referred to the hospital for blood tests by their General Practitioner or Consultant, within all our sites located within Southwark and Lambeth.

Technical

To comply with local and national policies for the safe, secure and confidential processing, and storage of patient and other patient information.

To use the computer information systems (e.g. Electronic Patient Record, Swiftqueue, EPIC, Positive Patient Identification Systems) as per authorised protocols.

To maintain the integrity and accuracy of computer databases.

Clinical

To adhere to the protocols for the accurate and positive confirmation of the identity of patients prior to drawing blood samples.

To obtain venous and capillary blood samples from adult patients with appropriate requests in addition to accessing PICC and Hickman Lines for blood sampling.

To adhere to the protocols for the accurate and positive labelling of blood samples immediately following the collection of the specimen from the patient.

To be responsible for blood samples reaching the laboratories in a timely manner.

To maintain adequate stocks of sample containers and needles on the trolleys and workstations.

To actively pursue good professional working relations with all staff groups on the wards/ outpatient clinics.

To be polite sensitive and professional at all times to the patients, their families and all other hospital staff and colleagues.

Administrative

To assist with record keeping, to ensure compliance with good work practices required for the standards of ISO

To advise the Phlebotomy Senior Management Team when stocks of consumables are approaching minimum stock levels.

To report to the Phlebotomy Senior Management Team any instance or event which may cause a service delivery failure.

Other

To observe and adhere to local and national health and safety policies.

To keep the workplace and workbenches clean and tidy.

To maintain good work relations with all members of staff, and to promote effective teamwork.

To treat everyone associated with our Host Trusts with courtesy and respect.

To ensure compliance with all local and national standards of work practice e.g. ISO

To maintain and promote the professional image of Synnovis Pathology, Guy’s & St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital NHS Trusts.

To participate in an annual Performance, Planning and Review process in order to agree/ achieve objectives to support personal development and the department.

To actively undertake supervision, giving accurate feedback on performance using the appropriate paperwork on the day of supervision, of junior staff and students (including external students and medical students).

You will have a suite of learning opportunities available through The Synnovis Way Development programme, the Scientific Learning and Development Fund and the Synnovis Academy through which you can receive funding / support for advanced qualifications.

At Synnovis, we are currently shaping the future of pathology services by creating a world-leading Hub and Spoke pathology network with our NHS partners. A large part of this modernisation will involve moving 70% of our services to a purpose built, state of the art Hub laboratory in the heart of London.

Synnovis is a pathology partnership between SYNLAB UK and Ireland, and the NHS, including sites, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, to deliver and transform pathology services across South East London.

The partnership provides services to 1.7 million people living in South East London, as well as to hundreds of thousands of patients from outside the region who use local healthcare services.

The partnership provides diagnostics, testing and digital pathology for hospital trusts, GP services and other healthcare providers.

PRUH

Princess Royal University Hospital is a District General Hospital, which proudly provides quality care to patients within the boroughs of Bro