Phlebotomist

Walton Medical Centre are a forward thinking medical practice currently looking to welcome a qualified phlebotomist to join our team. This position is offered on a part-time basis for 16+ hours per week. Working with an experienced team, we offer support and training in a friendly and fast paced environment.

Duties will include:

• Collecting samples of blood in accordance with training and procedures, ensuring correct storage, labelling, recording and efficient dispatching of samples.
• Ensuring that the patient is as comfortable and relaxed as possible, and confirming their agreement to the collection of a blood sample.
• Checking patient identification against GP or nurse request, and confirming with the patient whenever possible.
• Ensuring that anomalies are reported to a senior member of staff.
• Notifying the GP of any significant patient issues.
• Liaising with and assisting members of the administrative team.
• Maintaining a high level of infection control and understanding protocols and knowledge of safely managing equipment.

To be considered, you will need the following:

• Phlebotomy experience
• Relevant qualification and clinical knowledge and skills in venepuncture.
• Experience in taking bloods within either a primary care or hospital setting
• Experience of using clinical systems such as SystmOne and EMIS
• Experience/knowledge of equipment used

The Colte Partnership is very much ‘At The Heart of Primary Care’, being the largest GP Partnership in North East Essex; comprised of 8 local GP practices across Colchester and Tendring. We care for approx. 80,000 patients. Our Head Office is in Feering.

We pride ourselves on working to be at the forefront of Primary Care in our region and have many exciting ventures on the horizon. Each of our branches has its own character, and family friendly ethos, which is why our patients love coming to us (and tell us so in our regular patient surveys). However, being a large partnership means we can offer so much more than a local branch can by itself – with specialist clinics, social prescribing and innovative support such as regular dementia cafes, armed forces support and even child first aid classes for parents.

We strive to look after our employees as well, with generous annual leave, flexible and family friendly working, and support during difficult times such as free counselling.

We also work as a collaborative Primary Care Networks (PCN’s) which span across Colchester and Tendring.

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.