Phlebotomist

Scarborough Phlebotomy currently have an opportunity to join our existing team as a Phlebotomist, on a permanent basis, working 30.5 hours per week. The Phlebotomy Service currently collects more than 100,000 blood samples per year. We provide a Phlebotomy Service at Scarborough Hospital on the wards and in our Outpatients Department. We also run a outpatient service at Malton hospital and will soon offer a phlebotomy CDC service north of Scarborough. The successful applicant will be expected to work in all our service areas and locations on a rota basis. You will be expected to cover all our service hours which are currently 7.30 am - 5 pm Monday to Friday, 7.30 am - 12.00 pm Saturday and Sunday including Bank Holidays.,

• To collect blood samples from patients, including Paediatric, through venepuncture as requested by clinicians and other appropriately authorised doctors and health professionals.
• To collect blood samples safely with compassion and dignity of patients, and the needs of other clinical services.
• To ensure blood samples are collected in appropriate containers, labelled correctly, and prepared and dispatched to relevant laboratory sections in a timely and correct manner.
• To ensure correct ANTT is used for cannulation and Blood Cultures and accurate documentation is recorded for any cannula inserted.
• To contribute to the provision of an efficient, high quality service and ensure that proficiency and competence and personal and professional standards of that group are maintained.
• To travel and work across all phlebotomy service areas and locations.
  
  If you're a team player with excellent people skills, and a steady hand we look forward to hearing from you!
  
  We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.