Main area Phlebotomy Grade Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Working at multiple sites
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday with occasional Saturday mornings)
Job ref: 275-2502PM-SL1
Site: Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Town: Gillingham
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum/pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 27/02/2025 23:59
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved.
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job overview
Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies
Band: 5
Please note this role is cross covering different sites
We are recruiting for a Phlebotomy Manager who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
An opportunity has arisen for a full-time Phlebotomy Manager within the Diagnostics and Therapies Care Group.
The successful applicant will undertake the management for all aspects of staff and service; to be responsible for providing a professional phlebotomy service at both Medway NHSFT and Sheppey Community Hospital.
We are looking for a flexible, reliable, proactive professional who can manage the team, work between sites, provide theoretical and practical training, and lead on service improvement working within Diagnostics and Therapies management team.
Working for our organisation
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and a half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Ensure the safe, operational delivery of the phlebotomy service.
Ensure that protocols of safe techniques are used by phlebotomists to ensure a minimum of distress or discomfort to the patient throughout the blood sampling procedure.
Establish and maintain appropriate procedures to ensure that the correct blood samples are drawn for the analysis requested and that the samples are subsequently treated correctly so as to be suitable for performance of the analysis concerned.
Supervise the collection of blood samples and their transmission to laboratory reception points.
Organise and participate in the maintenance of phlebotomy work areas and equipment.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Management course or experience equivalent / willingness to undertake
* Degree level education or equivalent experience
Knowledge
* Working as a Clinical Phlebotomist, preferably in a Secondary Care setting
* Essential knowledge of People Management, Skills, Development and HR/ER
Experience
* Extensive knowledge of Phlebotomy and the skills required
* At least 2 years clinical phlebotomy experience
* At least 2 years working as a Team Leader / Supervisor (including leading and coordinating a large team)
Skills
Values Based Question
* Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Please note that we do not accept applications via CV or recruitment agencies.
This post will close before the intended closing date should sufficient number of suitable applications be received. Therefore, if you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity.
Applications are welcomed from applicants who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter or flexible working arrangement. Where candidates are successful at interview, such requests will be taken under consideration and accommodated where the needs of the service allow.
We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
All staff no matter where they work or which age group of patients they work with must be aware of their responsibility to act when they feel a child, young person or vulnerable adult has been or is at risk of abuse.
We are a fully non-smoking Trust. Smoking is completely prohibited in all Trust buildings, grounds and car parks for patients, visitors, staff, and contractors.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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