Phlebotomist

Job overview

Job overview

Your Main role will be to cover the Phlebotomy service at the John Radcliffe with occasional shifts throughout the trust providing a patient friendly service as required, some weekends may be part of your rota,

Phlebotomists will be expected to provide a helpful and professional service to patients and healthcare staff within the Trust

We are looking for individuals with the skill and flexibility to support our services on the Outpatients and Trust wards and on occasions the Mobile service.

The individual will be responsible for ensuring that the blood specimens are taken in a manner that does not cause undue anxiety to the patient and that laboratories are provided with timely, high quality blood specimens taken in tubes that are appropriate for the tests requested.

Two years Phlebotomy Experience is a specified criteria 

Excellent patient care and compassion

Ability to work across our sites

Good IT Skills

Having a blood test done is often an essential step in a patients diagnosis or treatment and the care we give makes a real difference to this journey.

To take venous bloods safely from patients on the wards,  outpatient and the Phlebotomy Bus. 

To work within a team and also lone working,

To work with a computer on wheels using the EPR system 

The successful candidate will be appointed as a band 3. 

Previous applicants need not apply.

Advert

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our  phlebotomy team .

Two years phlebotomy experience is essential.

This will be mainly based at the John Radcliffe but on occasions may be asked to work at other sites.

On occasions this post will require the member of staff to travel  to other hospital sites within Oxfordshire

The  applicant must have a full driving license and access to a suitable vehicle.

Skills/Responsibilities

• To take venous bloods safely from patients on the wards and outpatient departments.
• To check the identity of the patient, ensure than any special instructions have been followed (e.g. period of fasting) and to gain patients consent to proceed.
• To take venous blood of good quality using aseptic techniques and ensuring minimum of pain and discomfort to the patient.
• To make sure samples arrive at the labs safely
• To work within a team and also lone working,
• To work with a computer on wheels using the EPR system
• To work in an efficient manner to ensure the phlebotomy work is completed in the best practical time.
• To obtain and keep up to date with all learning
• To ensure that safe working practises are maintained in the interests of both staff and patients according to Trust and Departmental policies
• To co-operate with strategies to reduce cross infection
• To make judgements regarding the viability of taking blood. 

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.