About this role
Job summary
Join Our Team as a Phlebotomist at Sherwood Forest Hospitals!
Are you passionate about patient care and looking to make a real difference? We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicatedPhlebotomist to join our team and contribute to the highest standards of healthcare.
Why This Role?
Essential Impact: Play a crucial role in supporting top-quality patient care through your expertise and dedication. Diverse Experience: Perform venepuncture in various settings, including cross-site work, ensuring safe and efficient blood sample collection. Professional Growth: Be part of a team that values continuous improvement and professional standards. What You'll Do:
Patient Care: Ensure blood samples are collected safely and efficiently, maintaining the highest standards of care. Operational Support: Manage consumable stock levels to support the smooth operation of our services. Team Collaboration: Work alongside a dedicated team to deliver an efficient, high-quality service to our patients. If you're committed to excellence and eager to contribute to a dynamic healthcare environment, we want to hear from you!
working pattern is working monday - friday hours 8am -6pm/ weekend working required
Car driver essential as would be required to cover community phlebotomy services .
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Job description Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements Essential
High Levels of Accuracy and organisation skills Good General Education Good communication skills. Verbal and Written Understanding patient needs and concerns Good levels of literacy and numeracy Good organisational skills
Desirable
Medical Terminology. Previous experience in a clinical environment
Further Training Essential
On-going
Desirable
Venepuncture
Experience Desirable
Phlebotomy
Contractual Requirements Desirable
Cover colleagues when required
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 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
Employer's website https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)