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Community Phlebotomist | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £23,615 £23,615 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 04 October 2024 |
| Location: | Separate posts available in Knowsley & Sefton, L34 1PJ |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6608888/350-CC6608888 |
Summary
Join our dedicated and friendly Community Phlebotomy Service, where you will have the opportunity to provide compassionate care to patients both in their homes and community clinics. We pride ourselves on delivering high-quality, patient-centred care and are seeking motivated Community Phlebotomists to support the teams based in either Knowsley or Sefton.
The successful candidates must be willing to travel to work at other sites / geographical areas if needed.
If you have just applied for the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust Phlebotomy vacancy in Liverpool ( 350-CC6497603 closing date 29th August 2023) you do not need to reapply. All candidates will be asked to state a preferred area to work if successful.
The post holder is expected to work effectively as a team member of the community phlebotomy service, ensuring a reliable, responsive and quality blood collection service.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Main responsibilities:
To take blood samples from patients referred into the service in a variety of settings and venues across the boroughs of Knowsley or Sefton.
To ensure that all documentation is completed accurately and efficiently.
To keep an adequate supply of essential equipment for clinics and domiciliary visits to ensure service delivery.
To work in line with the infection prevention and control policy.
To maintain a clean and tidy work area at all times.
Maintain high leve of competency in all required clinical techniques.
Ensure specimens are appropriately prepared prior to being collected, for example accurately labelled and in correct sample bottles.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details.
This advert closes on Monday 16 Sep 2024