Job summary
Do you have the skills and personality to join our phlebotomy team?
University Hospitals Dorset has an opening for an experienced 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 may be considered providing a venepuncture course has been completed prior to interview.
The service operates between 07.30-16.30 Monday to Friday; 7.30-12.00 Saturday and Sunday and includes bank holidays.
Additional contact information
Damian Olczak Team Leader
damian.olczak@uhd.nhs.uk or 0300 019 4785.
Base Location: Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Shortlisting Date: Between 15th and 17th October
Interview Date: 24th October 2025
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert
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 teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some 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 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- 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.
Person Specification
Interview
Essential
- Good general education.
- Must be numerate and literate with a good command of spoken and written English.
- Previous phlebotomy experience within a patient setting.
- Basic computer/keyboard skills
- Ability to work systematically and under pressure in a busy environment
- Ability to correctly follow appropriate procedures
Desirable
- College or university qualifications.
- 1 year's phlebotomy experience or, completed a venepuncture course.
- Full employment history documented on application.
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
- Correct procedures to follow in the event of violent patient behaviour.
- Thorough knowledge and practice of the importance of good practice to prevent. cross infection
- Knowledge of correct patient lifting techniques.
- Have a professional manner/demeanour.
- Ability to work as part of a team and as an individual.
- Ability to use initiative to prioritise work. Ability to concentrate for long periods
- Willing to work flexibly.
- Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
Experience
Essential
- Previous phlebotomy experience within a patient setting.
Person Specification
Interview
Essential
- Good general education.
- Must be numerate and literate with a good command of spoken and written English.
- Previous phlebotomy experience within a patient setting.
- Basic computer/keyboard skills
- Ability to work systematically and under pressure in a busy environment
- Ability to correctly follow appropriate procedures
Desirable
- College or university qualifications.
- 1 year's phlebotomy experience or, completed a venepuncture course.
- Full employment history documented on application.
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
- Correct procedures to follow in the event of violent patient behaviour.
- Thorough knowledge and practice of the importance of good practice to prevent. cross infection
- Knowledge of correct patient lifting techniques.
- Have a professional manner/demeanour.
- Ability to work as part of a team and as an individual.
- Ability to use initiative to prioritise work. Ability to concentrate for long periods
- Willing to work flexibly.
- Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role
Experience
Essential
- Previous phlebotomy experience within a patient setting.
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.
