Phlebotomist - Poole Hospital

Job summary

Do you have the skills and personality to join our phlebotomy team?

University Hospital Dorset- Poole site have an opening for Phlebotomists.

Do you have good literacy, numeracy and communication skills? Will you be able to work within a team and under your own initiative in this busy service?

This role is physically demanding, requiring you to have great attention to detail and accuracy when performing venepuncture. Are you looking for a career and are you passionate about patient care? Then this is the role for you.

Inexperienced applicants will be considered providing a venepuncture course has been completed prior to interview.

The service operates between 07.00-16.30 Monday to Friday; 7.00-12.00 Saturday and Sunday and includes bank holidays.

Base Location: Poole Hospital

Interview Date:

Main duties of the job

• To carry out duties / responsibilities in accordance with the Trust and Directorate Policies, Protocols including Health and Safety Policies.
• To greet patients in a courteous and professional manner.
• To check the relevant details of patients requiring Pathology tests, resolving and outstanding difficulties.
• Obtain by venepuncture or capillary sampling the correct blood specimens(s).
• Ensure samples are correctly labelled, put into the correct containers and otherwise properly treated so as to be suitable for the analyses requested.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define howwe treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and theNew Hospital Programme.This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions