Community Phlebotomist

Are you ready to make a difference in Milton Keynes?

We are looking for a Community phlebotomist to join our team. Are you passionate about care being delivered in and closer to peoples homes?

If so then this is the role for you. We are a supportive team who's aim is to ensure everyone has a voice to shape our services and opportunities to develop professionally. We are looking for someone with passion and enthusiasm to drive our service line forward in a fast paced environment. The post holder will work in partnership with the District Nursing team.

The Community Nursing service is developing within this dynamic and proactive climate working within a culture of collaboration and joint working with social service, acute and intermediate care. We offer on-going professional development and have a challenging agenda for the years ahead, which means that we are an exciting organisation to join.

Are you caring, compassionate and committed to providing the best service possible to patients?

Do you want to help deliver care to people in their own homes and work with supportive, skilled teams while you do it?

Our aim is to recruit the best Community Phlebotomist so that we can continue to develop and provide the best patient care.

You will be expected to hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car for work.

CNWL Milton Keynes serves a population of around 290,000 and is a unique organisation with a well established relationship with the unitary authority and Milton Keynes Hospital. CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
- Work in partnership with District Nursing teams specifically to obtain blood samples from patients in their own homes as requested by General Practitioners. To accept delegated responsibility for venepuncture from District Nurses.
- To undertake other tasks as delegated by the District Nurse provided these are within the post holder’s competencies and relevant training has been undertaken.
- Work independently without direct supervision.
- To provide venepuncture training as required for Community Nursing team members.
- To contribute to administrative, clinical and other service duties as required.