Community Phlebotomist | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the right candidate to join Sefton phlebotomy. The post holder will work under supervision as part of the multi-disciplinary team and will assist and support the clinical team(s). This may include working within the patient's home environment and other clinical settings within community. Ensure the delivery of the quality strategy within the designated area incorporating establishment of systems and processes.

Across Phlebotomy Service in Sefton Clinics inclusive of all Domiciliary Settings . Service would try to ensure that you would be working from one base, however there will be times that you would be asked to work at other sites / geographical areas across the service.

The post holder is expected to work effectively as a team member of the community phlebotomy service, ensuring a reliable, timely and quality specimen collection service.

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.

To take blood samples from patients referred into the service in a variety of settings and venues across the borough of Sefton

To ensure that all documentation is completed accurately and efficiently.

To keep the supply of essential equipment within the clinics and domiciliary service at an adequate level for service delivery.

Clinical

To work in line with the infection prevention and control policy.

To work in all Phlebotomy clinic's and within the domiciliary service around the Sefton borough.

To maintain a clean and tidy clinical work area at all times.

Maintain high level of competency in all required techniques.

Ensure specimens are appropriately prepared prior to being collected by the courier service, for example, accurately labelled and in correct sample bottles.