Phlebotomist in Bournemouth

The Phlebotomist will be part of the Primary Health Care team providing high quality and forward-thinking nursing care to meet the holistic healthcare needs of the Practice population, working to agreed Practice standards and protocols for the delivery of patient care. This role works across all Shore sites on a part time basis.

Key responsibilities of the role include venepuncture; including routine and urgent blood tests, providing training for staff undertaking phlebotomy as part of their role and chaperoning for other clinical staff, which are duties agreed by the Head of Nursing.

Job Type: Permanent. Part-time

Hours: 24 Hours per week- Monday, Thursday and Friday

Main duties of the job

• Chaperoning for other clinical staff
• Supporting patients who are anxious or distressed
• Stocking clinical rooms
• Maintaining and cleaning equipment.
• Ensure correct ordering of venepuncture equipment
• Adheres to Shores Infection Control Policy
• Responsible for the correct and safe management specimens including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements.

Please see Job Description for full details.

About us

Shore Medical is a GP Super Partnership with 6 practices across Poole and Bournemouth. We aspire to offer exceptional care to our 58,000 patients and are innovative in our approach to developing new teams and pathways to ever improve how general practice is delivered.

We have a friendly and supportive team of more than 200 staff, with over 40 GPs, Pharmacists, Paramedics, Nurses, Mental Health specialists and our range of administrative staff. We have a great social side to our team with Summer and Christmas parties, running and paddle boarding groups as well as many other events throughout the year.

The Practices in the Partnership are:

Lilliput Surgery

Poole Road Medical Centre

Wessex Road Surgery

Heatherview Medical Centre

Fernside Surgery

Parkstone Tower Practice

Situated in beautiful Dorset with the prestigious Blue Flag beaches of Bournemouth and Sandbanks, the Jurassic coastline and a wealth of attractions and countryside to visit we are lucky to be in such a fantastic area.

We offer:

• Friendly and supportive working environment
• NHS Pension Scheme with Life Insurance
• Free parking at most of the sites
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a Friend scheme

Job responsibilities

• Provides support to other members of the primary health care team and contributes towards the co-ordination of team activities and the development of the Practice as a whole.
• Refers to more senior members of the Primary Health Care team as appropriate.
• Works within all relevant practice policies and procedural guidelines for example: infection control, chaperoning.
• Is required to keep competencies up to date and partake in ongoing training and appraisal process for continuing professional development.
• Give specific treatments under Patient Specific Directions where appropriate and if deemed competent.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Experience

• Previous experience of working within a Primary Care Setting
• Experience of working within a Primary Care Setting as a Phlebotomist

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.