Community Phlebotomist

An exciting opportunity for a Community Phlebotomist has arisen within the Mildenhall Integrated Neighbourhood Team serving our local population. Mildenhall is one of six INT teams in West Suffolk. Our other INT localities are based in Newmarket, Bury Rural, Bury Town, Haverhill and Sudbury.

The INT accommodation ‘Hubs’ are the base for a wide range of other health professionals and agencies including Adult Social Care, social prescribers, GPs, police and mental health team members so we are able to work together in a fully integrated way to ensure the best care is delivered to the patients within our localities. We are now working more closely with the West Suffolk Hospitals Virtual Ward and Early Intervention Team (EIT), so you will be a part of their teams too, it’s a really exciting time to join us.

The successful applicant/s will join a dynamic, friendly team of community nurses, community matrons, therapists, social prescribers, social care staff, INT coordinators and local administrators, supported fully by a locality Team Manager, and Localities Lead. You will link closely with Virtual Ward and EIT colleagues as already mentioned.

Within the community setting educational opportunities are endless and we work with the WSFT education training team to ensure our staff can meet the varying, and often complex needs of our patients. Skill expansion is a focus for us in the INTs and alongside this often comes the opportunity for career progression.

This will be the perfect opportunity for you if you are able to work independently, but also thrive with the support of a close-knit large team, who are hugely experienced and supportive. You have the privilege of working with patients in their own home environment to improve their health, alongside spoke teams such as Virtual Ward and our Early Intervention Team (EIT). There are opportunities to be involved in quality improvement initiatives/ projects and service design.

We are considering part time hours, 22.5 hours a week, spread across three days. Being flexible across the five days of the week is important as we need to ensure we meet the needs of the patients in our locality, this will be mostly Early shifts 08:00- 16:00.

You will need to travel, so you must either hold a full, current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means. Pool cars at the base sites are available for staff use.

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We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Please see the full job description for more information

**Job summary**:
To provide a high standard of health care to patients which have been delegated to you within their own homes, residential care homes, and in clinics.

**Working Pattern**:
The service operates between 8am and 6pm, Monday to Sunday inclusive of Bank Holidays and you will be required to work shifts between these times.

**Job responsibilities**:
**Key Tasks & Responsibilities**:

- Phlebotomy
- Non-invasive swobs (ie MRSA)
- Observations (blood pressure, temperature etc)
- Sample collection

1. Communication
- Liaise with other health care professionals as required.
- Overcome barriers to understanding, e.g. patients’ with hearing or cognitive impairment.
- Communicate with patients/carers by exchanging factual information, giving reassurance, with tact and empathy.

To know when to escalate concerns and receive guidance to resolve these, inclusive of remote guidance and support whilst working alone.