About this role
Job summary
The Outpatients department at St Mark's Hospital, consists of a multidisciplinary team comprising of Consultants and their teams, Matron, Lead Nurse, Staff nurses, Healthcare assistants and Phlebotomists
We are looking for enthusiastic, caring, motivated, calm, responsible and professional Healthcare Assistants with phlebotomy skills, excellent communication skills to work in our busy phlebotomy department .The role of the phlebotomist/HCA is to provide support to the phlebotomy service as well as the multi-disciplinary team in the Outpatient clinics.
Full Time - 37.5 hours per week
Main duties of the job
The role of the Phlebotomist/Health Care Assistant is to provide support to the multidisciplinary team in Outpatients.
The post holder will perform supervised / unsupervised high quality nursing care, housekeeping and clerical duties for which they have been successfully trained and are within their sphere of competence.
The post holder will collect blood samples for pathology through venepuncture in response to requests by clinicians in accordance with the protocol and procedure specified by the department of pathology.
About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Job description Job responsibilities
Applicants are strongly encouraged to refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification for comprehensive details of responsibilities, requirements and role expectations.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications Essential
Certificate in Phlebotomy Good numeracy and literacy skills
Desirable
Care Certificate
Knowledge & Experience Essential
Basic healthcare knowledge Experience of working with the general public
Desirable
Medical knowledge Phlebotomy/nursing, medical
Skills, Abilities & knowledge Essential
Manual dexterity Good verbal and written communication Tactful persuasive skills
Desirable
Cannulation Use of vacutainers/ syringe and needles Customer service training
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.
Employer details Employer name London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Address St Mark's Hospital at Central Middlesex
Acton Lane
London
NW10 7NS
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)