Phlebotomist

**Working hours**: 30 hours -Monday to Sunday working between the hours of 7.30am - 18:00pm

A great opportunity to work within the phlebotomy department.

We cover a varied area from outpatients, wards and off site clinics. Monday to Sunday working between the hours of 7.30am and 18.00pm.

We are looking for flexibility and someone who is bubbly.

**Who Our Opportunity is for**:

- Ideally someone who is a phlebotomist now, but is not essential as training will be given to the right applicant.
- Experience in a Health Care environment desirable.
- Phlebotomy Skills desirable but not essential as training will be given.
- Working on Wards, Clinics and GP Surgeries

**What this Opportunity means**:

- Induction info ( 1/2 day) introducing you to our Trust & ensure you settle in
- A friendly and supportive working environment (see our Trust Behavioural Standards)
- Competitive Salary, with incremental pay progression
- Excellent holiday entitlements 27 days + bank holidays rising to 33 after 10 years’ service (pro rata)
- Competitive pension scheme
- Staff support, health and wellbeing opportunities & other employee benefits

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large District General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital.

The Trust provides services in all of the surgical and medical specialties common to a District General Hospital with some specialist services. The Trust serves the whole of the local population currently in excess of 250,000 residents which geographically covers populations in England and North Wales.

The Trust strives to continuously improve and sustain the quality of its services for patients, providing care to more than 445,000 patients per year, with almost 4,000 staff working together putting quality and patient safety, at the heart of everything we do. The organisation provides a wide range of services offering health care to the whole spectrum of the population from birth to the end of life. The Trust complies with its terms of authorisation as a Foundation Trust.

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.