Phlebotomist

Band 2

**Main area**
- Nottingham Children's Hospital
- **Grade**
- Band 2
- **Contract**
- Fixed term: 12 months
- **Hours**
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Job ref**
- 164-5153550**Site**
- Queens Medical Centre
- **Town**
- Nottingham
- **Salary**
- £20,270 - £21,318 per annum
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- 19/04/2023 23:59Job overview

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert

Are you a skilled phlebotomist? Are you a caring, committed person with knowledge of working with patients?

Are you keen to develop your skills and work as part of a dedicated team to deliver a high quality phlebotomy service?

The children's hospital has vacancies for Phlebotomists the applicant would need to be able and willing to travel between sites at both our Queens medical centre and City campus and other clinics within the service.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an integral member of the team delivering the Trust-wide phlebotomy service. This will include:
Undertaking venepuncture in inpatient, outpatient and clinic settings within the Trust, documenting patient information and tests required as appropriate.

Setting up combined Phlebotomy clinics to provide support for the specialist services within the Children’s Hospital

Working with existing Phlebotomist to look at expanding the service within Family Health.

Working for our organisation

Nottingham Children’s Hospital is set within the vibrant city of Nottingham known for its many historical sites and lively music scene. The children’s hospital is housed within the Queens medical centre campus and has 116 inpatient beds across 8 inpatient wards covering all specialty’s, with many of our specialty’s being regional centres as well as two neonatal intensive care units one based at our City hospital campus.

Our staff are proud to work at Nottingham Children's Hospital and all embrace the TEAM NUH ethos which we would love you to be part of.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

You must be hold an English and Maths qualification at GCSE Level C or above or equivalent and possess excellent communication skills.

It is preferable that you have previous experience of working in a busy NHS environment and ideally have undertaken a period of formalised Phlebotomy Training in a previous role.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

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

Desirable criteria
- Willingness to undertake further training including relevant NVQ in healthcare
- Willingness to undertake training on recording and taking of requested basic observations. (Height/weight/blood pressure/urine test.)

Physical skills

Essential criteria
- Must be active and mobile.
- Able to work for long periods whilst standing

Experience

Essential criteria
- Knowledge of the Phlebotomy role
- Undertaken a period of formalised Phlebotomy Training in a previous role
- Evidence of achievement of competency based training programme and utilisation of skills within last 6 months

Desirable criteria
- NHS experience or similar health care environment
- Knowledge of the phlebotomy service.

Communication and relationship skills

Essential criteria
- Computer literate (able to use MS Outlook, MS word, enter data onto excel spread sheets)
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Evidence of the ability to work as part of a team
- Evidence of ability to adhere to standards, policies and procedures.
- Good understanding of dealing with confidential issues.
- Ability to deal with exposure to distressing situations.=

Analytical and judgement skills

Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure

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

Planning and organisation skills

Essential criteria
- Ability to complete own work load
- Evidence of the ability to prioritise tasks and manage own time effectively

Desirable criteria
- Demonstration of organisational skills to book patients into relevant appointment slots
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Bring your whole self to work for us at NUH. We love diversity and we value your difference, your unique skills, knowledge and experience. Becoming one of our people may realise your potential, helping us to raise our performance in delivering world class healthcare to the diverse patient populations we serve.

**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