Weekend Phlebotomist
Job details
Job description, work day and responsibilities
Job description
Job Overview
The work, as a phlebotomist, involves taking blood samples from patients who are currently being treated on our wards and outpatient department as well as those in other local hospitals i.e. Farnham and Aldershot. Properly taken blood samples are vital in helping our clinicians to effectively diagnose and treat the medical conditions in the patients that they see.
We are currently looking for people, perhaps like yourself, who would be interested in a role where you would be trained and supported right from the start, helping to provide the best possible care and treatment for our patients.
Your main base will be Frimley Park Hospital.
Main duties of the job
Your role will be to take blood samples as part of our busy and friendly team. You will need excellent communication and interpersonal skills, good manual dexterity, the ability to remain calm under pressure and be able to work independently and flexibly when necessary.
Required
The team cover a variety of shift times therefore flexibility is key as you will be required to cover other sites where services are provided. The operating times of the department are:
07:00 – 1+:00 Monday – Friday (ward and OPD areas)
08:30 - 12:00 Saturday - Sunday (Wards only)
A bank holiday service is provided to the wards and covered by the team on a rotational basis.
This post is an entry level Band 2. After completion of training and achieving specific Competencies/Criteria, there is the opportunity to progress to a Band 3 post .
If this sounds interesting, and you would like more information and like to talk to someone about the role, please contact Patricia Crane on 03006 1321+2 or Louise Boaler 03006 13+440 (between 07:00 – 13:00 Monday to Friday).
Previous applicants need not apply. Please be aware, during interview you will be required to complete a short written test.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around +00,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
Clinical And Technical
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Collects, using venepuncture procedures, blood samples from adult patients in a variety of settings.
• Monitors and maintains the health, safety and security of self and patients during the venepuncture procedure. Practices within risk management/ occupational health legislation and Trust procedures, and is aware of potential hazards.
• Collects samples from patients in high risk categories and is aware of potential hazards. Is able to follow agreed protocols to minimise risk to self and others.
• Is aware of the clinical conditions and precautions that are necessary for sample quality to be maintained during the venepuncture procedure, and develops an awareness of requirements for site selection, correct use of tourniquet and selection of blood sample bottles.
• Ensures that blood sample bottles are accurately labelled in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
• Ensures that clinical samples are correctly packaged for transportation to the laboratory in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Pathology Department.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
• Basic numeracy and language skills
• Is able to undertake an initial 6 week training programme running concurrently over five days per week
Desirable criteria
• Aspirations to achieve relevant QCF.
• Venepuncture certificate or evidence of training
COMPETENCIES
Essential criteria
• Ability to work methodically and accurately, paying attention to detail
• Working with members of the public
• Computer Literacy
• Good communication
Desirable criteria
• Knowledge of medical terminology
PROFESSIONAL
Essential criteria
• Trained in Phlebotomy
Desirable criteria
• Worked as a Phlebotomist in the NHS
• Previous experience in a Health care environmet
• Health care experience with direct patient care
• Evidence of self development
SPECIAL
Essential criteria
• Ability to work in environment with frequent exposure to body fluids and biological hazards and for prolonged periods of standing and bending
• Ability to stand and bend for prolonged periods
Desirable criteria
• Full driving licence
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the +00,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £4+m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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Offer ID: #880426,
Published: 2 weeks ago,
Company registered: 1 year ago
