Phlebotomist

Abbeywell Surgery is looking for an experienced Phlebotomist to join our friendly and supportive clinical team. You will assist the team in the provision of prescribed patient care, ensuring that samples are carefully and accurately labelled and prepared for collection. You will need to be IT proficient as you must be able to manage your own clinic and record information in the patients notes after every sample taken. This is a permanent position, part-time hours. You will work across our two sites and, if needed, will need to take domiciliary samples.

About Abbeywell Surgery: Abbeywell Surgery is a friendly and forward-thinking GP Practice located in the heart of Romsey, a beautiful market town in Hampshire. We serve a registered patient population of approximately 17,000 over two practice sites Nightingale and Abbey Mead. We are committed to investing in the GPs of the future and are a training and research practice. We have 6 GP Partners and an experienced and supportive nursing team who aim to deliver high quality care to patients with support from a strong non-clinical team. We work closely with our neighbouring GP Practices as part of the Romsey, North Baddesley & Eastleigh Primary Care Network (PCN).

• Competitive salary
• 5 weeks annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata)
• Additional 1 day birthday annual leave
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Staff thank you scheme and wellbeing events

Main Duties:

• Venepuncture
• Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses
• Requesting pathology tests
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to nurses or GP
• Excellent communication skills
• INR* if trained
• Chaperoning duties

The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may be subject to change as deemed necessary.

Data Protection Act: We are all expected to be aware of the Data Protection Act 2018 and to follow the local Codes of Practice to ensure appropriate action is taken to safeguard confidential information.

Health & Safety: We all have a responsibility for health and safety, risk assessment and workplace inspections, and you will be expected to take reasonable care for your own health and safety and that of others. You will also be expected to co-operate with your colleagues to ensure that statutory regulations, policies, codes of practice and departmental safety procedures are adhered to, and to attend any training programmes that we consider to be relevant.

Infection Control: We all have a responsibility to make sure that Infection Control remains a priority in terms of attention and resources. If you work in a role that provides direct patient care, then you'll be expected to follow our policies and procedures which are designed to reduce the risk of passing on the organisms that can cause infections. We all, collectively and individually, have a duty of care to follow best practice and adhere to any guidelines which underpin the management of Infection Control.

Confidentiality: We all have a responsibility to make sure that we don't disclose any information of a confidential nature relating to the services we provide or in respect of any service user, client or third party. This applies both during and after your employment.

Equality & Diversity: The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognises the importance of people's rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
• Behaving in a manner that is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Data Quality: We are all responsible for making sure that our data and electronic records are updated, accurate, relevant, reliable, and completed in line with our record keeping standards and policies.

Training & Development: The post holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review, annual Appraisal including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development;
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

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.

Person Specification:

Experience

• Essential: Experience working as part of a team supporting others
• Desirable: Previous experience of work in general practice

Knowledge

• Essential: Knowledge of Microsoft Office software eg: Outlook, Word, Excel
• Understand policies and legislation with regards to equality & diversity, Information Governance & data protection, and confidentiality
• Basic understanding of medical terminology and patient pathways
• Desirable: Clinical system EMIS

Skills

• Essential: Basic skills operating IT systems and computers
• Able to communicate effectively in a sensitive manner
• Personal initiative and ability to prioritise own workload

Qualifications

• Essential: Educated to GCSE level (or equivalent)
• Qualified in phlebotomy
• Full UK driving licence and access to own car