Phlebotomist
| Posting date: | 13 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £24,465.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24465.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 February 2026 |
| Location: | Gillingham, ME8 0WG |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B9813-26-0009 |
Summary
Communication and relationship skills To be able to use various methods of communications namely verbal, non-verbal and IT competently. To communicate in a skilled and effective manner with patients, carers and colleagues To have excellent team working skills and to be able to work in partnership with other healthcare professionals To be able to demonstrate empathy, sensitivity and good interpersonal skills To be able to communicate effectively with patients who may have communication difficulties namely, speech impairments, deaf, blind and patients who do not have English as their first language. To be flexible, reliable and organised To communicate effectively with external agencies Knowledge, training and experience Educated to NVQ level 2 or equivalent Successful completion of in house training including practical training Good clerical and organisational skills Good IT skills Analytical and judgement skills Make judgement involving facts / situations sometimes requiring analysis of information Provide workload and make appropriate level decisions such as when to escalate and ensure this is done in a timely manner. E.g. queries from patients and carers Planning and organisational skills Organise and prioritise preparation, running and closure of clinics. Work flexibly to maintain cover within the service / organisation. Maintain effective systems to ensure the service operates efficiently. Physical skills Able to perform venous blood sampling collection to organisational and health and safety standards. Good hand/ eye coordination and manual dexterity for performing physical tests on patients Standard keyboard skills Use standard office equipment e.g. fax, photocopier Responsibility for patient / client care Provide clinical advice within scope of practice and information to patients, carers, relatives or staff face to face, over the telephone or by other means. Consistently treat others with courtesy and respect Responsibility for policy and service development implementation Responsible for ensuring that the organisational policies and procedures (including amendments and updates) are adhered to and implanted in own are of work. Responsibilities for financial and physical resources Manage stock / office stationery Maybe required to issue / take responsibility for equipment used by self and others Responsibilities for human resources (HR) Act as a buddy demonstrating own are of work to new or less experienced employees such as apprentices or volunteers. Willingness and ability to provide peer supervision, observation and support Responsibilities for information resources Accurately enter data / process information utilising appropriate IT systems Transcribing / copy typing information provided by others Management of information either electronic or paper based Responsibilities for research and development (R&D) Will be required to undertake surveys and audits when requested in own area of work Freedom to act Plan and organise own workload without direct supervision, reporting regularly to senior on key tasks and guided by defined policies and procedures.