Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level? Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team and play a part in the transformation of pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw?
An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Phlebotomy Drive Through based at The Northern General Hospital, part of the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology (SYBP) Partnership, for a Band 3 SYBP Phlebotomist.
Please note, this role will predominantly involve working 37.5 core hours per week. However, there may be a requirement to spread these hours between 07:30 - 17:30, Monday to Saturday.
Main Duties of the Job
As an integral part of the Phlebotomy team, you will have a key role in supporting the SYB patients by providing a blood sample collection service predominantly based at the Northern General Hospital Phlebotomy Drive Through. The department provides a drive-in service for patients to have their bloods taken by our highly skilled Phlebotomists via venepuncture. The department also provides an outreach community phlebotomy service to housebound patients and also utilises Point of Care Testing devices where appropriate. It is an exciting time to join the SYBP Phlebotomy team as we equip our teams and provide further training opportunities to gain additional skill sets to enhance and facilitate patient care.
The aim of the SYBP Phlebotomy services is to provide parity of phlebotomy duties and responsibilities on all sites where phlebotomy services are under the remit of the laboratory. As such, all members of Phlebotomy staff will be trained to a standard that grants a 'training passport' so that they can be deployed on any SYBP site to perform all duties.
About Us
You will be working for an organisation that values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development and many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
STH operates with a budget of £1.2bn, has a workforce of over 18,500 employees, covers five hospital sites, provides care from over forty community settings, and has an excellent reputation for research.
Job Responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
* GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths and English at level C/4 or above or some laboratory experience
* Willingness to complete an in-house competency package and additional skills training equivalent to A level/NVQ Level 3 or NVQ level 2 with recognised additional short courses (e.g. Venepuncture training, clinicalskills.net) or extensive experience in Phlebotomy/Venepuncture
* Willingness to undertake training and competency assessment to perform clinical patient observations
* Phlebotomy training course/previous evidence of competence.
Experience
* Ability to follow and work to Standard Operating Procedures and Policy
* Understanding of job content
* Ability to work with other colleagues to improve and develop working practices
* Experience with a range of laboratory techniques/working with a variety of venepuncture equipment or relevant transferable experience in a clinical environment
* Previous experience within the NHS.
Skills and Knowledge
* Keyboard and basic IT skills
* Awareness of Health & Safety issues
* Effective Communication skills, written and oral
* Evidence of effective time management skills and a methodical approach
Personal Qualities
* Commitment to complete and maintain Mandatory training and required laboratory competences
* Ability to plan and prioritise allocated work
* Commitment to departmental shift patterns (including weekends, bank holidays, and out of hours) to enable effective service delivery.
* Ability to travel across the SYB region to work at other sites and/or perform patient domiciliary visits
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.
Salary: £24,071 to £25,674 a year pro rata for part-time staff.
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