Phlebotomist

The post holder will be required to work independently and as part of a team when required.
They will be asked to liaise with other health care professionals, clinicians, laboratory staff, patients and/or their representatives.

An experienced phlebotomist would be preferred. Our team is fun and energetic, the work is ward based and can present challenges, but also delivers many rewards. The phlebotomy service prides itself on the experience delivered to our patients, so you have to be willing to think outside of the box and strive to deliver a service to be proud of.

You will need to have great communication skills, be well organised and demonstrate lots of common sense. You need to have the ability to remain calm and deal with a busy (but rewarding) workplace.

You must be a motivated, able to perform high quality general Phlebotomy.

Based on Ward 9 but working across Surgery and Cancer wards - Previous experience preferred but full training will be provided.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE. The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.
- Competent with all aspects in the collection of blood samples from patients.
- Collection of blood samples from in-patients at Leighton Hospital.
- To perform phlebotomy on patients as per the standard operating procedure (SOP) for obtaining blood from patients.
- To refer any difficulties beyond those covered within the SOP to the Medical Team.
- To be courteous to patients, relatives and carers.
- To have a manner that puts patients at ease.
- To help provide simple information as agreed that might be helpful to patients.