Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Northern General Hospital
Town Sheffield
Salary £24,071 - £25,674 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period Yearly
Closing 04/02/2025 23:59
Interview date 13/02/2025
NHS AfC: Band 3
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. While you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers. Job overview
Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level? Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team and play a part in the transformation of pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw? An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Phlebotomy Drive Through based at The Northern General Hospital, part of the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology (SYBP) Partnership, for a Band 3 SYBP Phlebotomist. Please note, this role will predominantly involve working 37.5 core hours per week. However, there may be a requirement to spread these hours between 07:30 – 17:30, Monday to Saturday. The Phlebotomy Drive Through is based on Longley Lane; it is highly recommended to come view the site to understand how it operates. Main duties of the job
As an integral part of the Phlebotomy team, you will have a key role in supporting the SYB patients by providing a blood sample collection service predominantly based at the Northern General Hospital Phlebotomy Drive Through. The department provides a drive-in service for patients to have their bloods taken by our highly skilled Phlebotomists via venepuncture. The department also provides an outreach community phlebotomy service to housebound patients and also utilises Point of Care Testing devices where appropriate. It is an exciting time to join the SYBP Phlebotomy team as we equip our teams and provide further training opportunities to gain additional skill sets to enhance and facilitate patient care. The aim of the SYBP Phlebotomy services is to provide parity of phlebotomy duties and responsibilities on all sites where phlebotomy services are under the remit of the laboratory. As such, all members of Phlebotomy staff will be trained to a standard that grants a ‘training passport’ so that they can be deployed on any SYBP site to perform all duties. Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives. STH operates with a budget of £1.2bn, has a workforce of over 18,500 employees, covers five hospital sites, provides care from over forty community settings, and has an excellent reputation for research. The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology Partnership are invested in training, developing, and supporting staff in all aspects including academic courses from certificates of achievement, registration, specialist and higher specialist IBMS portfolios, apprenticeships and leadership and management qualifications. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post. When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. Person specification
Education and Qualifications
GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths and English at level C/4 or above or some laboratory experience Willingness to complete an in-house competency package and additional skills training equivalent to A level/NVQ Level 3 or NVQ level 2 with recognised additional short courses (e.g. Venepuncture training, clinicalskills.net) or extensive experience in Phlebotomy/Venepuncture Willingness to undertake training and competency assessment to perform clinical patient observations Phlebotomy training course/ previous evidence of competence. Experience
Ability to follow and work to Standard Operating Procedures and Policy Understanding of job content Ability to work with other colleagues to improve and develop working practices Experience with a range of laboratory techniques/working with variety of venepuncture equipment or relevant transferrable experience in a clinical environment Previous experience within the NHS. Skills and Knowledge
Keyboard and basic IT skills Have an awareness of Health & Safety issues Effective Communication skills, written and oral Evidence of effective time management skills and with a methodical approach Personal Qualities
Commitment to complete and maintain Mandatory training and required laboratory competences Ability to plan and prioritise allocated work Commitment to departmental shift patterns (including weekends bank holidays and out of hours) to enable effective service delivery. Ability to travel across the SYB region to work at other sites and/or perform patient domiciliary visits Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. When you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete. The personal statement is exactly that; personal. The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation. Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. While you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers. Job overview
Are you looking for an exciting new challenge in a place to take your career to the next level? Would you like to join a friendly, progressive, innovative team and play a part in the transformation of pathology services across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw? An exciting opportunity has arisen at the Phlebotomy Drive Through based at The Northern General Hospital, part of the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology (SYBP) Partnership, for a Band 3 SYBP Phlebotomist. Please note, this role will predominantly involve working 37.5 core hours per week. However, there may be a requirement to spread these hours between 07:30 – 17:30, Monday to Saturday. The Phlebotomy Drive Through is based on Longley Lane; it is highly recommended to come view the site to understand how it operates. Main duties of the job
As an integral part of the Phlebotomy team, you will have a key role in supporting the SYB patients by providing a blood sample collection service predominantly based at the Northern General Hospital Phlebotomy Drive Through. The department provides a drive-in service for patients to have their bloods taken by our highly skilled Phlebotomists via venepuncture. The department also provides an outreach community phlebotomy service to housebound patients and also utilises Point of Care Testing devices where appropriate. It is an exciting time to join the SYBP Phlebotomy team as we equip our teams and provide further training opportunities to gain additional skill sets to enhance and facilitate patient care. The aim of the SYBP Phlebotomy services is to provide parity of phlebotomy duties and responsibilities on all sites where phlebotomy services are under the remit of the laboratory. As such, all members of Phlebotomy staff will be trained to a standard that grants a ‘training passport’ so that they can be deployed on any SYBP site to perform all duties. Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives. STH operates with a budget of £1.2bn, has a workforce of over 18,500 employees, covers five hospital sites, provides care from over forty community settings, and has an excellent reputation for research. The South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Pathology Partnership are invested in training, developing, and supporting staff in all aspects including academic courses from certificates of achievement, registration, specialist and higher specialist IBMS portfolios, apprenticeships and leadership and management qualifications. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post. When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria. Person specification
Education and Qualifications
GCSE (or equivalent) in Maths and English at level C/4 or above or some laboratory experience Willingness to complete an in-house competency package and additional skills training equivalent to A level/NVQ Level 3 or NVQ level 2 with recognised additional short courses (e.g. Venepuncture training, clinicalskills.net) or extensive experience in Phlebotomy/Venepuncture Willingness to undertake training and competency assessment to perform clinical patient observations Phlebotomy training course/ previous evidence of competence. Experience
Ability to follow and work to Standard Operating Procedures and Policy Understanding of job content Ability to work with other colleagues to improve and develop working practices Experience with a range of laboratory techniques/working with variety of venepuncture equipment or relevant transferrable experience in a clinical environment Previous experience within the NHS. Skills and Knowledge
Keyboard and basic IT skills Have an awareness of Health & Safety issues Effective Communication skills, written and oral Evidence of effective time management skills and with a methodical approach Personal Qualities
Commitment to complete and maintain Mandatory training and required laboratory competences Ability to plan and prioritise allocated work Commitment to departmental shift patterns (including weekends bank holidays and out of hours) to enable effective service delivery. Ability to travel across the SYB region to work at other sites and/or perform patient domiciliary visits Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. When you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete. The personal statement is exactly that; personal. The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation. Employer certification / accreditation badges
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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