Job summary
- Main area
- Phlebotomy
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent: pro rata per annum
- Hours
- Part time - 16 hours per week (pro rata per annum)
- Job ref
- 343-6673153-UB-RB-Y
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £31,081 - £33,665 pro rata p.a inc of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Phlebotomy Co-ordinator
Band 4
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
As a Phlebotomy Co-ordinator you will lead a group of phlebotomists and support workers and provide effective coordination of the service. You will be a fully competent phlebotomist and will be expected to set and maintain high standards of patient care and blood sample collection. You will be working unsupervised, getting support from line-managers as appropriate. You will work in various locations across the trust and in the community supervising the work of blood collection staff. You will have the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute towards the provision of an accurate and timely service for patients. You will be expected to apply professional judgements and specialist skills to technical and sometimes difficult situations. You will be required to communicate effectively with patients and to colleagues, healthcare staff and other organizations. Your contribution towards team development will require your active participation in people governance procedures consistent with Trust policies. You may be required to undertake additional tasks in support of the general management of the department.
Main duties of the job
A vacancy has arisen for a part-time phlebotomy Co-ordinator within the department of Phlebotomy at Epsom & St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. This position is cross-site. The working pattern is combined 16 hours on a Wednesday and Thursday only.
This is a challenging role responsible for managing and supporting the department’s clinical and admin workload. The role will involve supporting all administrative issues relating to phlebotomy and pathology transport within acute and community sites by using a range of internal systems and tools. You will need to be an experienced phlebotomist having extensive experience in adult, pediatrics and domiciliary phlebotomy.
We are looking for a person with excellent administrative skills, an enthusiastic team player with a flexible approach to working and excellent communication skills. You should be persuasive, credible with the ability to work in a calm, logical and methodical way whilst being able to multi-task in a busy environment.
Working for our organisation
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Job Purpose:
To co-ordinate and validate the activities of the routine blood collection services across outpatient, inpatient, GP Surgeries and clinics and the provision of an extensive Home blood collection Domiciliary service.
To set and maintain high standards of patient care and blood sample collection.
To extract blood samples from patients in a manner that makes the blood sample suitable for analytical, therapeutic or diagnostic testing and purpose.
To effectively manage contingencies that arise during the day to day running of
phlebotomy services.
To work with other experts to design and deliver the phlebotomy training and
induction programme.
To co-ordinate and participate in the training of phlebotomists.
To participate in people governance procedures such as staff recruitment and
appraisal and attendance management.
To prepare and check staff rotas, attendance, staff wages and overtime claims.
To Co-ordinate the stock and non-stock ordering for phlebotomy.
To represent the department at meetings, to promote good working relationships across internal and external boundaries, being the first point of contact for phlebotomy for any day-to-day problems that arise.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Supervisory management qualification (NVQ level 3) or equivalent experience
- At least three years Phlebotomy experience
- paediatric blood taking experience
- experience of Domiciliary blood taking.
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of people governance policies
- Participation in CPD schemes
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
- Good IT skills with a knowledge of conventional IT software e.g. Microsoft Office
- Able to lead a team
- Able to work independently
Other requirements
Essential criteria
- Car owner and driver
- Physically able to move round and between sites
- Good hand/eye coordination
- Flexible approach to work
Desirable criteria
- Physically able to assist in movement of moderate loads
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Asam Saeed
- Job title
- Phlebotomy Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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