Band 3 Phlebotomist; Part Time

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 3 Phlebotomist within the Phlebotomy department in our Trust.

We are looking for an enthusiastic Phlebotomist to support the work of our friendly but busy Phlebotomy department based across 2 sites at Queen’s and King George Hospitals. You will join our team as a member of staff in bleeding patients on our ward areas, outpatient area.

We are looking for innovative and enthusiastic Phlebotomist with a passion and willingness to help support both patients and colleagues.
You would be expected to work as part of a multidisciplinary team in the department to achieve a high standard of care, good customer care focus, pleasant and understanding to members of the public. Good/punctual work attendance, Flexible approach to work.

This job would suit a local person with previous experience as a phlebotomist in a healthcare setting.

You should demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills with attention to detail. Satisfactory performance in mathematics and English at secondary school level or equivalent is required. All work will be carried out under the supervision of qualified staff.

To provide safe and efficient phlebotomy services to all hospitals areas and be a part of the very highly skilled phlebotomy team and liaise with laboratory staff.

We’re an organisation that is getting better and betterand our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefit ting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care.

The majority of our 8,400 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Some of the positive changes we’ve made are captured in this film .

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Pubudu Chandrasekera, Recruitment Advisor, on ext. 5110. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

• Good organisational skills

• Literate and Numerate to secondary school level

• It is necessary for the post holder to be experienced in phlebotomy.

• Flexible approach to work

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