Phlebotomist Redhill, South West England, England
Job description
Are you looking for a new challenge?
We are looking for energetic and enthusiastic people to join the phlebotomy team at East Surrey Hospital. The successful candidates will work as part of a team collecting blood samples from patients.
You will be expected to have good communication skills and have a caring and compassionate nature. A nursing or similar healthcare / carer background would be an advantage.
Experience is preferable but not essential as full training will be given to the right candidate.
Main Duties are;
To assist in the provision of an effective phlebotomy service with other members of the phlebotomy team
To take blood samples by venepuncture or capillary, using the standard techniques approved by the Pathology Department
To assist in the provision of phlebotomy training and mentoring as and when requested.
The working hours will be 20 hrs per week, Monday to Friday 08.00 to 12.00 or 14.00 to 18.00 to be negotiated. As the workload fluctuates on a daily basis the successful candidate must be flexible.
The post will include a commitment to 1 Saturday in 4.
You will also be required to work Cross Sites on an as and when basis.
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as ‘Outstanding’ and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:
- Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
- National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
- We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment
- Our staff rate us the best in the country among comparable acute trusts when asked if they would recommend the Trust as a place to work and when asked whether care of patients is the organisation’s top priority
- Our workforce are amongst the most motivated in the country; we achieved the top acute hospital score in the country for staff engagement in the last national staff survey
