Children and Young People's Phlebotomist

Job summary

We are looking for a dedicated and compassionate Phlebotomist to join our Acute Children's Services team, helping us deliver outstanding care and exceptional service to our patients and their families.

In this role, you will take blood samples from children and young people aged 0-16 years across a variety of settings, including the Children's Emergency Department, Children's Assessment Unit, inpatient wards, ambulatory care, and outpatient clinics.

We welcome applications from both experienced Phlebotomists and those new to the role who demonstrate the right personal qualities and enthusiasm for working with children -- full training will be provided.

If you're passionate about delivering excellent care and making a real difference for children and young people, we'd love to hear from you.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

Taking blood samples from patients in accordance with paediatric guidelines.

To take an MDT approach and working with the families to ensure the best outcome and experience for all our CYP.

Ensuring samples are packaged correctly to reach the correct laboratory.

Ensuring safe practice for your patients and yourself.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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