Phlebotomist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 2 Community Phlebotomist to join our Locality Teams in Gateshead. Locality Teams pride themselves on providing a high-quality service to patients in Gateshead.

We offer an extensive induction and encourage all staff to complete specialised training and career development. We pride ourselves on providing a supportive working environment with daily clinical handover meetings and regular clinical supervision.

Main duties of the job

As a Phlebotomist in the locality team you will obtain blood samples from patients through venepuncture as requested by clinicians, ensuring they are correctly labelled and forwarded to the laboratory. The post holder will collect other samples and also carry out observation checks. The post holder will follow an in-service certificated competency training programme.

The duties will be carried out in the community setting under the supervision and guidance of a caseload holder; however the post holder will be expected to work alone with access to professional advice and guidance when required.

The post holder will work with the Locality Team Lead, they will also liaise with primary care in order to ensure that the day to day co-ordination and delivery of service is in a timely and professional manner.

There will be a need to understand and undertake administration and co-ordination tasks within the locality team as and when required. The post holder will work with minimal supervision, demonstrating the ability to use initiative, utilise IT systems and ensure effective and timely in a professional manner.

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.