This post will require the member of staff to travel between the 3 hospital sites within Oxfordshire,
It is essential that the applicant has 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.