Community Phlebotomist

Newcastle Chronic Disease Monitoring Service is developing and we would like to recruit a Community Phlebotomist to work across the city.

The role involves domiciliary visits and working in Community base clinics.

The successful candidate will be expected to assist in providing a comprehensive Phlebotomy Service to the population of Newcastle upon Tyne across a variety of Primary care settings.

The post holder will also be expected to act as a resource within the CDMS team ensuring the delivery of a safe, high quality and effective Service. They will undertake a broad range of activities, including providing advice to patients and other healthcare staff.

This will be a superb opportunity for the successful applicant to contribute to the continuous development of the service.

• Interview Date 2nd October 2024


• 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week


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Main duties of the job

To ensure that your responsibilities for the prevention and control of infection are fulfilled by following all Trust guidelines and protocols.

To arrange delivery to the appropriate laboratories according to current Pathology policy.

To undertake first line tests on blood samples in accordance with written procedures.

To respect patient Confidentiality and Dignity.

At all times to work in accordance with the procedures and policies of the Trust, in particular Clinical Skills training package (Practice development) and Health and Safety.

To relate to the Senior Phlebotomist on a regular basis to keep up to date and receive regular training.

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We're also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 2 million patients 'contacts' each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people's race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.