Senior Phlebotomist

Job overview

Are you enthusiastic? Conscientious and flexible? Do you take pride in your work and love working with people?

If these words describe you, then you could be just the person we are looking for.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Phlebotomist,  25.5  hours per week, to work at the new state of the art Hinckley Community Diagnostic Centre working with both adults and children.

Previous experience of both paediatric and adult phlebotomy would be advantageous, but not essential as full training is available.

Main duties of the job

Phlebotomy services are provided across the UHL community sites, predominantly working Monday to Friday. Weekend work may however be required to meet the needs of the service.

Main Duties of the job include:

The taking of routine and urgent blood samples from patients attending outpatients, in accordance with UHL policy.

Performing blood sampling from both adult and paediatric patients.

To carry out the associated procedures of specimen collection.

To autonomously problem solve day to day issues and to work collaboratively with other senior phlebotomists, deputy sisters/charge nurses and community outpatient lead to ensure quality service provision is maintained at all sites.

To supervise new phlebotomy staff within their team and across the community sites. To mentor new phlebotomists/health care support workers working within phlebotomy.

This role does involve frequent walking, standing and bending for prolonged periods of time.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Managing staff when required, being the first point of call for patients and staff for any concerns or queries, Will involve clinical and admin work.
• To effectively lead and coordinate the phlebotomy service where the post holder is assigned,
• To support senior health care support workers and registered nurses who undertake phlebotomy within their role.
• Ensure all records are legible and that there is adherence to confidentiality and correct record keeping within their teams.
• Ensure statistical information is gathered and recorded as required by the operational team
• To provide accurate records in relation any staff performance issues that may arise.
• The supervision and induction of new phlebotomy staff within their team and across the community sites.
• Prioritisations and allocation of workload to the team.
• Autonomously problem solves day to day issues and works collaboratively with other senior phlebotomists, registered nurses, deputy sisters and community outpatient lead to ensure quality service provision is maintained at all sites.
• To ensure their team work collaboratively and have the ability to resolve any conflict in a timely and professional manner.
• First line escalation for non- standard queries and complaints.

Please refer to the job description for further information.