Phlebotomist

Job summary

Colne Medical Centre are currently looking for a qualified phlebotomist who has experience in taking bloods within either a primary care or hospital setting. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and pro-active individual to join the team and is offered on a part-time basis for between 12-16 hours a week.

Main duties of the job

• Working in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols toassist the practice clinical team
• Collecting samples of blood in accordance with training and procedures, ensuring correct storage, labelling, recording and efficient dispatching of samples
• Gaining consent from the patient and confirming their agreement to the collection of a blood sample
• Maintaining IPC standards
• Checking patient identification against the phlebotomy request
• Ensuring that learning events and significant events are recorded in line with practice policy
• Notifying the GP of any significant patient issues
• Attending team meetings
• Attending and/or completing training updates as required
• Liaising with and assisting members of the administrative team.
• Maintain a high level of infection control.

About us

The Colte Partnership is a GP super-partnership, formed in June 2017. It brought together 8 local GP surgeries across Colchester and Tendring, serving approx. 80,000 patients. With the combined workforce, skills and knowledge, we are in a unique position to assist our patients across the county.

We pride ourselves on working to be at the forefront of Primary Care in our region and have many exciting ventures on the horizon.

Each of our branches has its own character, and family friendly ethos, which is why our patients love coming to us (and tell us so in our regular patient surveys). However, being a large partnership means we can offer so much more than a local branch can by itself with specialist clinics, social prescribing and innovative support such as regular dementia cafes.

We strive to look after our employees as well, with generous annual leave, flexible and family friendly working, and support during difficult times such as free counselling.