Main area: Community Phlebotomist Team Lead/Senior Phlebotomist
Grade: Band 4
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 sessions per week (Service is provided in clinic and in patients homes across the borough of Sefton)
Job ref: 350-CC6736829
Site: Litherland Town Hall Health Centre
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £26,530 - £29,114 Pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/11/2024 23:59
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore, we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
Job overview
Advert – Permanent Band 4 Team Leader/Senior Phlebotomist Sefton Community
Are you an experienced Phlebotomist with the knowledge, skills and competency to work in clinic and in a domiciliary setting on permanent basis? If so, we want to hear from you.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Phlebotomist to support our Sefton Team.
The successful candidate will be required to travel to clinic venues and patients homes across the Sefton Borough and therefore the successful candidate should hold a full UK Driving Licence and have their own transport.
The successful candidate will be required across the Borough of Sefton between 0800hrs – 16.30hrs (Monday to Friday). However, as the service expands there will be an expectation for employees to cover evenings and potentially weekends to meet service provision.
The post holder will provide leadership skills to a Sefton wide Phlebotomy team. The Service will be provided in a variety of community and domiciliary settings, and the post holder will have delegated responsibility to manage the day to day running of the team and support the development of a quality service.
We are looking for a post holder with a positive “can do” attitude that is flexible, with the ability to travel across sites and attend training and meetings. If you are innovative, motivated and hold a positive attitude to teamwork, we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
* Contribute to the provision of a high quality Sefton wide Phlebotomy service.
* Work with the Team Manager to undertake workload planning, including rotas, taking into account competence levels.
* Support the service to develop new ways of working to provide a responsive service to clients.
* Support and empathise with clients, carers and families in time of need.
* Support the service to develop and maintain multi-agency partnerships and joint working in line with the objectives.
* Participate in the mentorship and assessment of a range of learners and in the preceptorship and support of new colleagues.
* Maintain stock as required.
* Provide leadership, mentorship and role modelling to support staff within the service and support the Team Manager in the day to day running of the service.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
* 1. CLINICAL
To be able to work quickly and accurately with a high degree of manual dexterity.
* To undertake blood samples from patients referred into the service in a variety of settings (clinics and domiciliary visits), working alone with access to advice via phone.
* To maintain a clean and tidy clinical work area at all times.
* Maintain high level of competency in all required techniques.
* Ensure patient is positively identified.
* Identifies the best vein for taking blood samples.
* Ensure specimens are appropriately prepared prior to being collected by courier service, for example; undertake collection and accurately labelled in the correct sample bottles.
* Collection of venous blood samples without harm to patient or self by following Standard Operating Procedures / Guidelines / Policies and Procedures.
* To ensure that all documentation is completed accurately and efficiently.
* To work in line with the infection prevention and control policy.
* The job will involve frequent exposure to body fluids, blood, urine and samples that are potentially infective with pathogenic, micro-organisms / viruses (including blood borne viral infections e.g. Hepatitis, HIV, nvCJD, TB).
* To take appropriate action if there is a spillage of body fluids or hazardous chemicals in order to minimise the risk to staff and public.
* To work within the approved policies and Health & Safety procedures of the Trust.
* To keep the supply of essential equipment within the clinics and domiciliary service at an adequate level for service delivery.
* To help maintain appropriate stocks for phlebotomy consumables in the immediate work area and to advise senior staff of low stocks.
* To take delivery of stores; put away stock items using appropriate lifting techniques and identify shortages of any items to the senior staff.
* To minimise wastage of materials by appropriate stock rotation and by good phlebotomy technique.
* 2. MANAGERIAL
Making recommendations to improve service delivery.
* To liaise with other members of the team in the provision of patient care, ensuring that all relevant information is made known to the appropriate members.
* Ensure all patients receive a high standard of care and quality service, welcoming patients in a warm and professional manner.
* To communicate with patients and carers whilst performing the procedure, explaining the task to be performed.
* To attend team briefs and meetings.
* Influence, motivate, support and enable colleagues to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the service.
* To act as a positive team member to promote a positive team environment and support colleagues in the delivery of the service.
* Act as a positive role model presenting a professional appearance by ensuring uniform is worn correctly, it is clean and tidy and the dress code policy is adhered to.
* 3. EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
To participate in own service training and regular updating skills as directed by manager.
* To carry out all core & mandatory/statutory training.
* The performance of the post holder will be continually assessed for competence and have a PDR (appraisal). Key elements of this process will be to contribute towards the corporate objectives of the service and the Trust.
* Attend appropriate courses as agreed with manager.
* 4. RESEARCH AND AUDIT
To participate in audits as and when requested.
* 5. STANDARD REQUIREMENTS
Information Governance (IG): During the post holder’s normal duties, they may have access to confidential information that can identify a patient, another member of staff and/or commercial information about the Trust. Staff must ensure the ongoing security of this information (specifically its confidentiality, integrity and availability) at all times (both in and out of working hours) in accordance with relevant legislation, NHS guidance and professional codes of conduct. This obligation shall continue indefinitely.
* Code of Conduct: Maintain a consistently high standard of conduct and to provide the highest standard of service in accordance with the Trust Code of Conduct for all employees.
* Equal Opportunities: Promote the concepts of equality of opportunity and managing diversity Trust wide.
* Health and Safety: Employees must be aware of the responsibilities placed upon them under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, paying due regard to health and safety in the workplace and management of risk to maintain a safe working environment for service users, visitors and employees.
* Infection Prevention and Control: Employees must be aware of their responsibilities to protect service users, visitors and employees against the risks of acquiring health care associated infections, in accordance with Trust policy.
* Professional standards and performance review: Maintain consistent high professional standards and act in accordance with the relevant Professional Code of Conduct.
* Service/Departmental standards: Support the development of performance standards within the Service/Department to ensure the service is responsive to and meeting the needs of its customers.
* Finance: All Trust staff will comply with financial processes and procedures.
* Safeguarding: The Trust has a responsibility to ensure that all children/young people and adults are adequately safeguarded and protected.
Person specification
* QUALIFICATIONS: NVQ level 3 or equivalent plus demonstrable relevant experience of working within a Phlebotomy.
* KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE: Actively involved in professional development; Understanding of local and national influences on health care delivery; Knowledge of Safeguarding Adult issues; Clinical Governance and Risk Management.
* SKILLS: Ability to travel, for work purposes, within the Sefton area; Excellent Communication Skills; Evidence of ability to prioritise and manage workload; Ability to be flexible and responsive to clients and organisational needs; Ability to motivate, negotiate with, and influence others.
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email recruitment@merseycare.nhs.uk to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.
We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £13 per year and maintain registration.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
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