Phlebotomist | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,465 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 15 February 2026 |
| Location: | Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7689352/214-CSTO-7689352 |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Phlebotomy team, where you will work across a variety of settings including ward areas, Mansfield Community Hospital, and within the community/domiciliary service.
Phlebotomy services provides a comprehensive high quality service to patients requiring a blood test as either an inpatient or outpatient.
The successful candiadate will undertake venepuncture in inpatient, outpatient and community settings, and ensure blood samples are collected in appropriate containers, labelled correctly in a safe
and timely manner.
A full driving licence and access to a car are essential for this role.
Cross‑site working will be required, covering King’s Mill Hospital, Mansfield Community Hospital and Newark Hospital.
Please note, the start date for the post will align with the opening of the new Community Diagnostic Centre in April 2026.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Sunday 1 Feb 2026
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