# Community Phlebotomist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.

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- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-phlebotomist/bfd44eba-ef4f-4017-90a7-9714a2776454
- **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-phlebotomist/bfd44eba-ef4f-4017-90a7-9714a2776454.md

## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Torbay Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Phlebotomist
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday Service)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-18T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-04T07:53:14.568Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Devon/Paignton/Torbay_South_Devon_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Additional_Clinical/Additional_Clinical-v8273223
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8273223?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.torbayandsouthdevon.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available for a full-time Phlebotomist to join our busy and supportive team, providing a high-quality phlebotomy service to patients within an integrated team working across the community, this includes: Community Nursing, Intermediate Care and Community Matrons.

### Main duties of the job

- To deliver high quality care to the housebound patients of Paignton and Brixham and work as part of multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with primary care and secondary care.
- An ability to effectively communicate routine information to patients/carers where co-operation is required and where there may be barriers to understanding
- Responsible for planning and organising own day to day work tasks and activities within an occasionally unpredictable environment
- To obtain high quality blood samples from patients in the home environment

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Ability to travel efficiently around the Bay is important in order to carry out your duties (e.g. Full driving licence and vehicle).

Full vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Specific Skills

**Essential**

- Previous experience of working in the home environment
- Manual dexterity for collection of blood samples from patients

**Desirable**

- Broad range of simple nursing procedures eg. Venepuncture, BP monitoring

### Knowledge and experience

**Essential**

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Basic IT skills / ability to use ICE electronic system
- Ability to maintain accurate written records

### Qualifications and training

**Essential**

- Trained Phlebotomist
- Good general education

## Documents

- [community phlebotomist band 2 jdps (pdf, 836.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10588744)

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