Phlebotomist - Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich

The successful candidate will be part of a team and based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital working daily on our busy wards. However, the candidate will also be required to work cross sites and any associated outreach clinics within the Trust when required. These include clinics at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, Eltham Community Hospital and various other Community sites in Bexley and Greenwich.
The candidate must have at least 6 months experience working as a phlebotomist. Experience working on Hospital Wards is ESSENTIAL.
PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post, The working days are Monday to Sunday between the hours of 08:00 and 20:00. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in shifts which cover these days and hours.
For an informal discussion regarding this position, please contact Sue Warren, Phlebotomy Services Manager on .
PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post, + · To collect blood samples safely and efficiently in accordance with good laboratory practice and trust policies
The post holder will be expected to carry out the following duties under the supervision of qualified staff and in accordance with appropriate standard operating procedures (SOP's), policies and Health and safety guidance:
To collect blood samples from patients as requested by an authorised officer, by means of venepuncture, skin puncture or other approved methods. Requests for blood will be for a large variety of routine Key Result Areas & Performance:
+ and special tests, and must be collected into the appropriate tubes.
+ To communicate effectively and sensitively with patients concerning the phlebotomy procedure, with due respect for the patient's welfare and dignity.
+ To be physically able to undertake the following requirements for the role-
+ Standing, sitting, stretching or reaching to take blood
+ Raising and lowering phlebotomy chairs and bed
+ Walking between wards and department
+ Pulling and Pushing wheelchairs
+ Assisting colleagues with patients when necessary to obtain blood by holding arm (bending and stretching).
+ Pushing phlebotomy trolley (Max 5kg when fully stocked) between wards and departments
+ Perform BLS in an emergency
+ To be aware of physical and/or psychological needs of the patient whilst taking blood samples, ensuring that assistance is available as and when necessary.
+ To ensure that patient identification details are checked on every patient before the venepuncture procedure is performed.
+ To ensure correct labelling of sample tubes with patient details and the correlation of request forms with samples.
+ To ensure the safe transit of urgent and routine blood samples from wards and clinic areas to laboratories and to ensure that urgent samples are dealt with in accordance with laboratory policy.
+ To take responsibility for all blood samples collected by indicating the date, time and signature of phlebotomist on the request form on completion
+ To establish a relationship of trust and understanding with patients and other groups of staff, ensuring that a good public image and perception of Phlebotomy is maintained at all times.
+ To provide an efficient, high-quality service to all patients of the Trust at all times.
+ To keep all phlebotomy areas clean and tidy in line with Health and Safety policies.
+ To comply with all Trust and Departmental procedures concerning phlebotomy, including infection control.
+ To provide accurate written statements in the event of accidents, incidents and/or complaints.
+ To prepare samples for transportation from satellite phlebotomy areas to pathology reception.
+ To provide a reception service for patients, including where necessary the production of specimen labels
We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.
As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.
Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham., Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
As an organisation, we've made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years. This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of "Good" in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of "Good" that we had already achieved in the Caring domain. Our staff culture change programme has been key to the Trust's improvement journey, as we've stabilised our workforce by reducing vacancy rates and improving staff retention. We've also significantly increased the representation of minority ethnic leaders across our clinical and corporate teams.