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Job summary

Main area
Community Nursing
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 20 hours per week
Job ref
333-D-MK-CM-1038
Employer
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
South hub, Bletchley Community Hospital
Town
Bletchley, Milton Keynes
Salary
£22,383 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/05/2024 23:59
Interview date
07/05/2024

Employer heading

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Phlebotomist

NHS AfC: Band 2

Job overview

Are you ready to make a difference in Milton Keynes?

We are looking for a Community phlebotomist to join our team.  Are you passionate about care being delivered in and closer to peoples homes?
If so then this is the role for you.  We are a supportive team who's aim is to ensure everyone has a voice to shape our services and opportunities to develop professionally.  We are looking for someone with passion and enthusiasm to drive our service line forward in a fast paced environment. The post holder will work in partnership with the District Nursing team. 

Main duties of the job

The Community Nursing service is developing within this dynamic and proactive climate working within a culture of collaboration and joint working with social service, acute and intermediate care. We offer on-going professional development and have a challenging agenda for the years ahead, which means that we are an exciting organisation to join.

Are you caring, compassionate and committed to providing the best service possible to patients?

Do you want to help deliver care to people in their own homes and work with supportive, skilled teams while you do it?

Our aim is to recruit the best Community Phlebotomist so that we can continue to develop and provide the best patient care.

Candidates should demonstrate some experience of  providing care as a  Phlebotomist or Health Care Assistant. You will be required to hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a car for work.

Working for our organisation

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Work in partnership with District Nursing teams specifically to obtain blood samples from patients in their own homes as requested by General Practitioners. To accept delegated responsibility for venepuncture from District Nurses.
  • To undertake other tasks as delegated by the District Nurse provided these are within the post holder’s competencies and relevant training has been undertaken.
  • Work independently without direct supervision.
  • To provide venepuncture training as required for Community Nursing team members.
  • To contribute to administrative, clinical and other service duties as required.

Person specification

Other

Essential criteria
  • Full driving license and use of car for work purposes

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience in a Health Care Assistant role
  • Community Experience
  • Team working
Desirable criteria
  • Phlebotomy experience
  • NHS Experience
  • Systmone Experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDWe are a Living Wage EmployerEmployers for CarersPurple SpaceHealthy Workplace - Excellence 2018No smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeNational Autistic SocietyDisability confident committedStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.AccessAbleStonewall Gold 2022Step into healthCarer Confident -AccomplishedNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzeArmed Forces Covenant

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Zoe Hartwig
Job title
Community Nursing Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Isabel Burch - District Nurse Team Leader

07771340122 / [email protected]