The Outpatients department at London North West Healthcare, Northwick Park, 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 and excellent communication skills to work in our busy phlebotomy department and clinical areas in our Outpatients department.
The role of the Phlebotomist/Health Care Assistant is to provide support to the multidisciplinary team in Outpatients.
Full Time - 37.5 hours per week.
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.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Provide reassurance and support to patients and family/carers.
2. Provide information to enable the effectiveness of the patient journey through Outpatients.
3. Support patients and relatives in distress and recognize when advice should be sought from qualified nursing or medical staff.
4. Locate all policies relating to good working practice within the clinical area and adhere to them.
5. Contribute to the promotion of good health and participate in health education.
6. Maintain the confidentiality of information about patients, staff, and health service business in accordance with Trust Confidentiality Policy and the Data Protection Act.
7. Assist in the maintenance of accurate record-keeping.
8. Assist patients, relatives, and friends in arranging further investigations and procedures and in directing them to other departments.
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Thursday 26 Dec 2024.
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