Phlebotomist Bury, North West England, England
Job description
Job overview
The Phlebotomy team with Bury District Nursing Service requires an additional staff member to support and expand the existing phlebotomy team. Duties will involve taking blood samples from patients within their own homes in the Bury area.
Whilst previous phlebotomy experience is an advantage, it is not essential.
Successful candidates will attend the Quality and Credit Framework Unit 48, Level 3 Venepuncture course prior to undertaking any practice as arranged with Trust Education Department. Practical assessments will take place in work place.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role will involve undertaking venepuncture.
Important skills needed for the job role are:-
- Willingness to undertake training to nationally recognised standard.
- Ability to work within a team and alone as required.
- Ability to liaise with patients in a sensitive manner.
- Basic computer skills.
- Ability to work under demanding circumstances and to deadlines.
- Ability to follow protocols and policies.
- Be flexible with working hours.
- Good communication skills.
Working for our organisation
Bury Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. Rated as ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, our Fairfield site delivers innovative patient-centred care, and boasts an award winning Stroke centre and Heart Care unit. Supported by our community services in Bury, a mix of professionals from health, social and voluntary sectors, Bury exemplifies the benefits of a joined up approach to health and social care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
In line with the Trust’s Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, religion, marital status, social back ground or trade union membership.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Willingness to undertake training to nationally recognised standard.
- Or equivalent knowledge gained through experince in the role
Desirable criteria
- NVQ 2 in Direct Care
- NVQ 2 in Customer Service
- Quality and Credit Framework Unit 48
Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to work within a team and alone as required
Desirable criteria
- Previous venepuncture experience and ability to work under demanding circumstances and to deadlines
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate basic Maths and English
- Ability to liaise with patients in a sensative manner
- Ability to follow protocols
- Basic Computer Skills
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Interest in health care setting
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/covid-19-vaccination-programme where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
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The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from everyone. We value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge, and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of our local community. If you are disabled and require reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team to discuss.
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