Job responsibilities
JOB
DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: PHLEBOTOMIST
REPORTS TO: CLINICAL NURSE MANAGER
HOURS:
PLACE OF WORK: MID SUSSEX HEALTH CARE
Job summary:
Working under the direct supervision of the Nurse
Manager and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and
protocols, the Phlebotomist will assist the practice clinical
team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.
Duties and responsibilities:
Blood pressure monitoring
ECG recording
Phlebotomy/INR testing
Chaperoning duties
Urinalysis and the processing and
management of other laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses
Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring
and recording
Clearing and re-stocking consulting
rooms
Preparing and maintaining environments
and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including
assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations
Assisting in the assessment and
surveillance of patients health and well-being
Helping to raise awareness of health and
well-being and how it can be promoted
Assisting with the collection and
collation of data on needs related to health and well-being
Confidentiality:
In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or
allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other
matters. They do so in confidence and
have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act
appropriately
In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description,
the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to
patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information
relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information
from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other
healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to
authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures
relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data
Health & Safety:
The post-holder will implement
and lead on a full range of promotion and management their own and others
health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health &
Safety policy, the Practice Health & Safety manual, and the Practice
Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will
not be limited to):
Using personal security systems within the workplace according
to practice guidelines
Awareness of national standards of infection control and
cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good
practice guidelines
Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens
process including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean
containers, storage and transport arrangements
Management and maintenance of Personal Protective Equipment
(PPE) for the Practice including provision, ordering, availability and ongoing
correct usage by staff
Responsible for hand hygiene across the practice
Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care
protocols, and implementation of those protocols across the practice
Active observation of current working practices across the
practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities,
ensuring that procedures are followed and weaknesses / training needs are
identified, escalating issues as appropriate
Identifying the risks involved in work activities and
undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across clinical
and patient process
Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills,
and initiate and manage the training of others across the full range of
infection control and patient processes
Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to
infection control, ensuring that provision of hand cleansing facilities, wipes
etc are sufficient to ensure a good clinical working environment. Lack of
facilities to be escalated as appropriate.
Safe management of sharps procedures including training, use,
storage and disposal
Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work
areas in a tidy, clean and sterile, and safe way, free from hazards. Initiation
of remedial / corrective action where needed or escalation to responsible
management
Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and
safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised
Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally
clean, sterile, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other
work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance
of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where
appropriate) with other sector managers
Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum twice
annually)
Routine management of own team / team areas, and maintenance of
work space standards
Waste management including collection, handling, segregation,
container management, storage and collection
Spillage control procedures, management and training
Decontamination control procedures, management and training, and
equipment maintenance
Maintenance of sterile environments
Equality and diversity:
The
post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers
and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way
that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a
way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current
legislation
Respecting the
privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
Behaving in a
manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and
respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/Professional development:
The
post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice
as part of this employment, such training to include:
Participation in
an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility
for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
Taking
responsibility for own development, learning and performance and
demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar
work
You will be
required to attend training courses to develop your skill set to advanced
HCA level
Attendance at
mandatory training sessions and e-Learning for mandatory subjects will be
expected
Quality:
The
post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
Alert other team
members to issues of quality and risk
Assess own
performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or
under supervision
Contribute to the
effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and
making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
Work effectively
with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
Effectively manage
own time, workload and resources
Communication:
The post-holder
should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and
will strive to:
Communicate
effectively and appropriately with other team members
Communicate
effectively with patients and carers
Recognise peoples
needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
Contribution to the Implementation of Services:
The
post-holder will:
Apply Practice
policies, standards and guidance
Discuss with other
members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect
own work through recognised team meetings and pathways
Participate in
audit where appropriate
Attendance and
participation in practice team meetings