Senior Phlebotomist

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Senior Phlebotomist

Band 4

Permanent and Fixed Term posts available

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Phlebotomist to step up into the role of a Senior Phlebotomist at the Royal Liverpool Hospital.

This is an interesting and highly skilled post, requiring the ability to work under pressure, delegate tasks, rota management and sickness monitoring. The individual will also have an opportunity to provide training in venepuncture. The successful candidate will be the first port of call for both patients and staff with queries, comments, and complaints, escalating to the line manager when required.

You will work closely with the line manager to ensure all sites are covered during operating hours, and some cross site cover will be required as part of training and service delivery needs. You will also be expected to perform weekly stock takes and order any required stock. Good computer skills, excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills will be expected.

You will report directly to the Phlebotomy Services Manager, escalating any issues as required. To help facilitate your own training and development, it will be expected that you attend any Trust training courses deemed appropriate to your job role.

Main duties of the job

As a senior Phlebotomist, you will look after the day to day running of services across both sites and our ward service, ensuring all areas are staffed adequately, approving/denying annual leave as it is requested, and monitoring sickness. You will be expected to perform return to work discussions with those returning off sick, and escalating any sickness queries, or stages to your line manager.

You will be responsible for creating and maintaining rotas across both sites and for our ward service, including break allocation. Rotas are managed through Roster so a level of computer competency is essential.

Senior Phlebotomists are expected to have a high skill level in venepuncture, assisting colleagues with more challenging bleeds and will be able to provide further training to staff from around the Trust. It is expected that Senior Phlebotomists will provide cover for Phlebotomy Services wherever the delivery need is required.

You will be required to monitor training and development in the department, ensuring all staff are given adequate off-rota time to complete any outstanding mandatory training. There is an expectation that you will be able to help them with this.

As a Senior Phlebotomist, you will work alongside your colleagues across all areas where Phlebotomy support is provided, performing venepuncture, offering support and help to colleagues and patients, taking questions and queries and directing as necessary.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click herehttps://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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Date posted

15 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

287-LCL-69-24

Job locations

Liverpool Clinical Laboratories

Liverpool

L7 8YE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Drawing up rotas Communicating with staff to ensure rota cover Amending/updating the job plan accordingly when problems with rotasoccur, by re-allocating staff to enable the service to run efficiently Processing weekly staff rotas recording holidays weekly and sickness Be aware of and propose changes to practice policy as need be provide feedback on practice policy in order to implement any changes required Train New starters in phlebotomy, and customer care, medical students in phlebotomy technique/ blood tubes Record phlebotomy activity on a daily basis, i.e. amount of bloods taken and number of patients Collect in daily numbers for department, wards, clinics, occasionally rosters, and bank forms Paper based filing system (facts and figures) Dealing with staff complaints/ patient complaints Dealing with patients presenting without documentation , contacting GPsurgery to confirm tests required and completing documentation accordingly. Interpretation of request on forms, assessing the workload of particular areas and allocating the appropriate number of staff to that area.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ 3 or equivalent in relevant area of knowledge

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable experience in Phlebotomy

Knowledge

Essential

Interpreting blood forms, Staff rotas, Roster returns, Collection of data
Selection of venepuncture sites
Assembling monovette system, Aseptic technique
Need to know the most suitable sites for venepuncture and also be able to abstract blood from more obscure sites. Correct use of blood tubes and why these tubes are used

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ 3 or equivalent in relevant area of knowledge

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable experience in Phlebotomy

Knowledge

Essential

Interpreting blood forms, Staff rotas, Roster returns, Collection of data
Selection of venepuncture sites
Assembling monovette system, Aseptic technique
Need to know the most suitable sites for venepuncture and also be able to abstract blood from more obscure sites. Correct use of blood tubes and why these tubes are used

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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