Phlebotomist / Health Care Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

This job role provides /Phlebotomy appointments to run alongside GP, Practice Nurse appointments, offering blood tests, and health prevention screening as agreed by the practice and with regard to current training and the changing needs of the population.

The post holder will work collaboratively with the GPs, Practice Nurses and support staff to meet the needs of the patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.

To maintain personal development in line with requirements and practice objectives by attending courses/study days as arranged with the doctors and the manager

To actively participate in practice meetings, to participate in own annual appraisal and implement own personal development plan.

Working as part of the primary health care team

Record keeping and audit

Clinical audit of clinical responsibilities

Keep comprehensive records concerning your duties.

Record and update patient data.

Keeping contemporaneous records

General Duties

To be familiar with and comply with the practices policies, procedures and current legislation.

To recognise the patients right to privacy, dignity and confidentiality, showing due regard for the patients property

Assist in restocking of equipment required at the surgery, instruments and specimen collection materials and other clinical supplies.

Daily Bloods and Health Checks.

Keep up to date with NHS regulations.

Attend staff meetings as required.

Other duties that may reasonably be required to cover the absence of other team members.

Undertake any training that may be necessary to carry out duties and responsibilities efficiently or to keep up to date with working patterns and technology.

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.

In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating to patients, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Clinical staff are required to maintain their protection against Hepatitis B and C infection and comply with Practice Health and Safety directives.

To be able to work one late session per week.

This job description is intended as a guide to the range of duties to be employed and should not be seen as a definite specification. Both employer and employee have a mutual obligation to modify the job description as and when changes in the work situation occur.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified in Phlebotomy.

Desirable

• Care Certificate
• Qualified to NVQ level 3

Experience

Essential

• Previous work experience carrying our phlebotomy

Desirable

• Experience within General Practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicester Terrace Health Care Centre

Address

Leicester Terrace

Northampton

NN2 6AL

Employer's website

https://www.leicesterterrace.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)