Community Phlebotomist

Job overview

We are currently looking for a Community Phlebotomist to work as a member of our District nursing team. You will be trained and supervised by registered professionals, undertaking delegated duties, and expected to follow a plan of care based on the specific needs of service users. You will be required to travel across the St Ives and Hunts Locality to provide a phlebotomy service to support patients in their own homes.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Experience of working in the community setting.
• Experience working as a phlebotomist although full training will be provided.
• Experience of caring for and supporting adults with complex health needs.
• Enhanced communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to work flexibly across the neighbourhood team, including travelling for work purposes.
• Computer skills, including the use of health electronic patient records e.g SystmOne.
• Good time management skills and the ability to manage individual workload.
• Willing to travel.

Main duties of the job

• The primary activity for this role will be supporting service users with their physical health needs including venepuncture, taking Blood Pressure, weight and height and other tasks as required. This will require working within the community.
• The post holder will provide support and care for service users with mental and physical health needs and to their carers within a multidisciplinary setting. They will undertake assigned tasks as a lone worker but with support from a registered nurse, including assisting in assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
• The post holder will be trained to ensure that issues of equality, diversity and rights are dealt with in accordance with good practice and legislation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

• To undertake physical health checks including venepuncture, taking BP, and other tasks as required.
• To work across the community as required
• Support the team in maintaining essential stocks.
• To promote a positive service user experience through proactive listening, being responsive to issues raised and through resolving issues and concerns raised by service users with colleagues and senior members of the team.
• To be responsible for maintaining and conducting oneself in a professional manner towards service users, carers, colleagues and other agencies, at all times.
• To participate in working collaboratively with other Trust services and external agencies to provide seamless care for service users.
• To observe and report to a registered member of the team, any changes which may indicate an alteration in the general wellbeing and safety of a service user. This would include observations around the service user’s presentation, behaviour, mood and verbal content.
• To demonstrate empathy, dignity, respect and compassion toward service users at all times.
• To understand the importance of the relatives/carers contribution to care and conversing with the service users and their relatives/carers, establishing their needs and assisting them as necessary.
• Ensuring that any entries made by the post holder in the patients electronic health record are current, relevant and accurate.
• To promote and support registered staff with the physical health, comfort and wellbeing of service users, including physical observations and taking blood pressure, temperature and pulse under their guidance and supervision.
• To ensure good working relationships with colleagues by contributing to the effective running of the service through engaging in clinical discussions and attending appropriate meetings including contributing to neighbourhood team hand-overs.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

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.