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Modality Partnership East Surrey Division has a part time vacancy for a phlebotomist. The postholder will be a high performing Phlebotomist, working across all sites within Modality East Surrey Division and undertaking home visits also. We are seeking dedicated postholders to join our team and who can display our CARE values: Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.

This job is suitable for individuals who enjoy interacting with patients, delivering high quality patient care, and look forward to working closely with the nursing team and wider practice team.

The job is not suitable to people who are not resilient to working in a fast-paced environment, working flexibly in line with ever changing demands in Primary Care and the wider NHS.

As an employee with us you can benefit from:

· Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme

· Minimum 27 days annual leave, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata

· Employee discounts and benefits scheme

· Employee assistance programme (EAP)

· Education and career pathways

If you are interested in learning more, please read on.

Please Note: The Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time during the advertising period.

Main duties of the job

This is a hands-on patient facing role; we are seeking individuals to join our team who are caring, compassionate and confident, who demonstrate effective communication, excellent customer service skills, good IT skills and the ability to support patients with interventions and/or queries. The post-holder will be responsible for performing venepuncture to obtain blood samples from patients only as the result of a direct referral from a GP or nurse / nurse practitioner, working strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols. Assist and support care delivery by only undertaking delegated work that is within own level skill and competence.

You will be a key member of the practice team, ensuring that the patient is as comfortable and relaxed as possible and will collect sample(s) of blood in accordance with protocols and procedures, ensuring samples are stored in appropriate containers, accurate and legible labelling of all samples to confirm patient identity, checking patient identification against GP/nurse request and confirming with patient wherever possible, recording collection of blood sample in patient record in accordance with practice procedure, ensuring that samples are dispatched to the appropriate laboratories in a timely fashion, ensuring that anomalies are reported to a senior member of staff, notifying the clinical team of any significant patient issues and undertake training and development as required in line with the responsibilities of the post and practice policies.

Overview of your organisation

We are one of the largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients and with a workforce of 1500+. We are unique, we are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through the implementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across the organisation. Your job is to work directly within the healthcare team and support us to harmonise ways of working and improve working practices to improve patient satisfaction. This is a role that will equip you with a portfolio of skills in primary care with career advancing opportunities.

Job Description

Please refer to the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core responsibilities of this role.

You will love this job if you are seeking career development opportunities that can help you grow and build your nursing career. you have a passion for supporting patients by promoting health and well-being within the practice population, and you are able to carry out all relevant tests required to ensure patients such as those with long term conditions, or those that require tests as part of other medical conditions or referrals are supported.

You will not enjoy this job if you do not work well working as part of a wider multidisciplinary team of established practice nurses.

If you feel this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to the challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join our growing team of likeminded people.

As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is a mandatory requirement.

*PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL APPLICANTS THAT ARE INVITED FOR INTERVIEW MUST PROVE THEIR RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK AT THE INTERVIEW STAGE*

Person Specification: What are the minimum requirements all candidates need to meet?

Qualifications and Experience:

We require high performing team members to join our team with:

Knowledge and experience

· Working in a primary or secondary care setting

· Data input, Information gathering, Confidentiality

Essential Criteria-

· Recent previous experience in direct patient care.

· Phlebotomy skills

· Proficient in Blood pressure monitoring

· Ability to follow guidelines and protocols.

• Basic IT knowledge and skills
• Demonstrates understanding of person-centred care
• Willing to develop clinical skills and competency relevant to the role

· Experience in venepuncture position

· Able to work under pressure with minimal supervision

· Experience of dealing with the public/patients in a caring environment

· Aware of need for strict infection prevention control

· Experience of Microsoft Office software

Skills

· Good interpersonal skills

· Good oral and written communication skills

· Good organisational skills

· Ability to work within a team

· Ability to work alone

· Ability to manage situations and environments

· BP checks

· Pulse checks

· Phlebotomy/advanced

· Chaperoning duties

· Health promotion

Personal Qualities

· Professional approach to work

· Strong team player

· Smart appearance

· Exercises tact and discretion at all times

· Demonstrates initiative to handle any unforeseen events during a shift

Demonstrates flexibility towards new working practices and towards worki

Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 25 - 30 per week

Salary: £10.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Cycle to work scheme
• Sick pay
• Wellness programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Horley, RH6 7DG: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Phlebotomy: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 07/02/2023