Job summary
Do you have the skills and personality to join our phlebotomy team?
The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospital have an opening for a Phlebotomist.
Do you have good literacy, numeracy and communication skills? Will you be able to work within a team and under your own initiative in this busy service?
This role is physically demanding, requiring you to have great attention to detail and accuracy when performing venepuncture. Are you looking for a career and are you passionate about patient care? Then this is the role for you.
Inexperienced applicants will be considered providing a venepuncture course has been completed prior to interview.
The service operates between 07.30-17.00Monday to Friday; 7.30-12.00 Saturday and Sunday and includes bank holidays.
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
- To carry out duties / responsibilities in accordance with the Trust and Directorate Policies, Protocols including Health and Safety Policies.
- To greet patients in a courteous and professional manner.
- To check the relevant details of patients requiring Pathology tests, resolving and outstanding difficulties.
- Obtain by venepuncture or capillary sampling the correct blood specimens(s).
- Ensure samples are correctly labelled, put into the correct containers and otherwise properly treated so as to be suitable for the analyses requested.
About us
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Basic computer/keyboard skills
- Good communication skills
- Competent and polite telephone manner
- Ability to work systematically and under pressure in a busy environment.
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to correctly follow appropriate procedures.
Qualifications
Essential
- Good general education and must be numerate and literate with a good command of spoken and written English.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Previous phlebotomy experience within a patient setting desirable but not essential as training can be given
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to develop knowledge of the importance and relevance of laboratory investigations to patient welfare.
- Risks associated with needle stick injuries and correct procedures to prevent and to follow in the event of an injury.
- Awareness of the impact of blood borne viral infections on personal and others health
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Basic computer/keyboard skills
- Good communication skills
- Competent and polite telephone manner
- Ability to work systematically and under pressure in a busy environment.
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to correctly follow appropriate procedures.
Qualifications
Essential
- Good general education and must be numerate and literate with a good command of spoken and written English.
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Previous phlebotomy experience within a patient setting desirable but not essential as training can be given
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to develop knowledge of the importance and relevance of laboratory investigations to patient welfare.
- Risks associated with needle stick injuries and correct procedures to prevent and to follow in the event of an injury.
- Awareness of the impact of blood borne viral infections on personal and others health
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
