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Lakeside Healthcare Group

Phlebotomist

The closing date is 22 February 2026

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Job summary

Are you

An innovative, motivated, positive, and proactive Phlebotomist looking for a new challenge?

Someone who thrives in a fast paced organisation with a growing team and a great team spirit?

Confident making autonomous decisions while providing safe, expert care?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a phlebotomist who is passionate about making a difference in patients lives. The successful candidate will join a supportive and welcoming team of Nurses and Allied Health Professionals within our friendly practice.

Main duties of the job

Job Purpose

The purpose of this role is to deliver safe, high quality primary care services to the practice population. The post holder will work within their scope of practice, maintaining appropriate professional boundaries while delivering a range of primary healthcare interventions, including phlebotomy.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The post holder will contribute to the delivery of effective, patient-centred care and support the ongoing development of services within the practice. They will work in line with agreed policies, procedures, and clinical guidelines to ensure safe and consistent standards of care.

The role requires the demonstration of professional standards, effective communication, advocacy for patients, and a commitment to continuous improvement and performance.

Professional Development

We are committed to supporting staff development and offer opportunities to enhance skills and competencies in line with service needs and the individuals professional interests

About us

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is transforming the landscape of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous, and ambitious, and we are determined to thrive in challenging and uncertain times. As the largest true partnership in the NHS, we operate across multiple sites in the East Midlands, serving more than 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire, and Cambridgeshire.

Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do.

Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.

About the Practice/Department/Team

Lakeside Healthcare is a new type of NHS general practice that builds uponand celebrateseverything that is great about traditional primary care services. We are local surgeries run by doctors, nurses, and associated staff who know their patients and care deeply about the quality of healthcare provided within our communities.

Our nursing team is well-established, demonstrating effective teamwork and strong collaboration. This enables efficient, highquality patient care and contributes to consistently positive patient experiences.

Details

Date posted

06 February 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.21 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A3007-26-0022

Job locations

Lakeside Healthcare

Ryhall Road

Stamford

Lincolnshire

PE9 1YA


St. Marys Medical Centre

Wharf Road

Stamford

Lincolnshire

PE9 2DH


Job description

Job responsibilities

The purpose of this post is to deliver safe, highquality phlebotomy services to the practice population. Working within your skills, competencies, and professional boundaries, you will provide primary care phlebotomy interventions and ensure safe and effective specimen collection.

The post holder will contribute to service development, support the implementation of policies and procedures, and consistently demonstrate high professional standards. You will act as an advocate for patients, ensuring their dignity, safety, and wellbeing, while maintaining excellent clinical practice and performance.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The purpose of this post is to deliver safe, highquality phlebotomy services to the practice population. Working within your skills, competencies, and professional boundaries, you will provide primary care phlebotomy interventions and ensure safe and effective specimen collection.

The post holder will contribute to service development, support the implementation of policies and procedures, and consistently demonstrate high professional standards. You will act as an advocate for patients, ensuring their dignity, safety, and wellbeing, while maintaining excellent clinical practice and performance.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant phlebotomy qualification or evidence of competence
  • Willingness to undertake further training and competency assessments

Desirable

  • Experience working in primary care, GP practice, or community setting
  • Experience of working with a diverse patient population

Experience

Essential

  • Competence in venepuncture and specimen handling
  • Knowledge of infection prevention and control (IPC)
  • Understanding of patient identification, consent, and documentation requirements
  • Ability to recognise and respond appropriately to adverse reactions (e.g., fainting, bleeding, anxiety)
  • Basic awareness of safeguarding and professional boundaries
  • Effective communication skills, including the ability to reassure anxious or vulnerable patients
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Basic IT skills and accurate data entry capability

Desirable

  • Familiarity with clinical systems e.g. EMIS, SystmOne
  • Knowledge of primary care pathways and services
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Relevant phlebotomy qualification or evidence of competence
  • Willingness to undertake further training and competency assessments

Desirable

  • Experience working in primary care, GP practice, or community setting
  • Experience of working with a diverse patient population

Experience

Essential

  • Competence in venepuncture and specimen handling
  • Knowledge of infection prevention and control (IPC)
  • Understanding of patient identification, consent, and documentation requirements
  • Ability to recognise and respond appropriately to adverse reactions (e.g., fainting, bleeding, anxiety)
  • Basic awareness of safeguarding and professional boundaries
  • Effective communication skills, including the ability to reassure anxious or vulnerable patients
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
  • Basic IT skills and accurate data entry capability

Desirable

  • Familiarity with clinical systems e.g. EMIS, SystmOne
  • Knowledge of primary care pathways and services

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Lakeside Healthcare Group

Address

Lakeside Healthcare

Ryhall Road

Stamford

Lincolnshire

PE9 1YA


Employer's website

https://www.lakesidehealthcaregroup.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lakeside Healthcare Group

Address

Lakeside Healthcare

Ryhall Road

Stamford

Lincolnshire

PE9 1YA


Employer's website

https://www.lakesidehealthcaregroup.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

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Details

Date posted

06 February 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.21 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A3007-26-0022

Job locations

Lakeside Healthcare

Ryhall Road

Stamford

Lincolnshire

PE9 1YA


St. Marys Medical Centre

Wharf Road

Stamford

Lincolnshire

PE9 2DH


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