Phlebotomy Co-ordinator

Job summary

As a Phlebotomy Co-ordinator you will lead a group of phlebotomists and support workers and provide effective coordination of the service. You will be a fully competent phlebotomist and will be expected to set and maintain high standards of patient care and blood sample collection. You will be working unsupervised, getting support from line-managers as appropriate. You will work in various locations across the trust and in the community supervising the work of blood collection staff. You will have the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute towards the provision of an accurate and timely service for patients. You will be expected to apply professional judgements and specialist skills to technical and sometimes difficult situations. You will be required to communicate effectively with patients and to colleagues, healthcare staff and other organizations. Your contribution towards team development will require your active participation in people governance procedures consistent with Trust policies. You may be required to undertake additional tasks in support of the general management of the department.

Main duties of the job

A vacancy has arisen for a full-time phlebotomy Co-ordinator within the department of Phlebotomy at Epsom & St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. This position is cross-site.This is a challenging role responsible for managing and supporting the department's clinical and admin workload. The role will involve supporting all administrative issues relating to phlebotomy and pathology transport within acute and community sites by using a range of internal systems and tools. You will need to be an experienced phlebotomist having extensive experience in adult, pediatrics and domiciliary phlebotomy.We are looking for a person with excellent administrative skills, an enthusiastic team player with a flexible approach to working and excellent communication skills. You should be persuasive, credible with the ability to work in a calm, logical and methodical way whilst being able to multi-task in a busy environment.

About us

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surreyand NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and issupported by over 500 volunteers