Phlebotomist Team lead

CSH Surrey have a rare opportunity to manage the award-winning specialist Community Phlebotomy Service in North West Surrey. The team of 11 phlebotomists provide a purely domiciliary phlebotomy service to approximately 1,000 housebound adults each month. The service requires a full-time, dynamic individual to lead the well-established community phlebotomy team. The post holder will be responsible for planning the work of the team and they will provide supervision and advice to ensure that the team provide a high quality phlebotomy service to the population of North West Surrey. The successful candidate will have extensive phlebotomy experience, with the highest standards of patient care and blood sample collection,and will be required to lead by example.

Excellent communication, organizational and administrative skills are a must. Some of this role can be undertaken from home, however, it is essential that the post holder is a car driver / independently able to travel between places of work to be present and provide support to the team., The post holder will be directly responsible for the day-to-day planning of work of a team of the 11 phlebotomists. This involves triaging referrals and allocating visits to the team members based on urgency and location. The post holder will also be required to liaise with referrers and be able to respond to urgent requests. The post holder will also be expected to undertake visits themselves as and when required.

The post holder will be required to support the team members by managing their annual leave, sickness, training requirements, competency checks and annual appraisals. They will also be required to lead the recruitment and induction processes for the team when required.

CSH Surrey are part of the NHS and are Surreys largest and longest established NHS community services provider, so our 1500+ employees get NHS pay and pensions, and also receive the Fringe High-Cost Allowance of 5%.