Are you seeking a new challenge? We are looking for someone to join our friendly team of Phlebotomists, with full and part‑time hours available.
You will be part of a team providing a blood‑taking service across York Hospital and community clinics at LNER Stadium, Vanguard Centre, Askham Bar, Selby War Memorial, Malton, Tadcaster Medical Centre, and Sherburn Medical Centre.
Qualifications
* An enthusiastic and motivated team player.
* Someone with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
* Passionate about delivering high‑quality, timely, and effective phlebotomy services.
* Flexible and able to work across all service locations and hours on a rotating basis.
* Previous blood‑taking experience is not essential. If you share our values and are committed to patient care, we would love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
* To collect blood samples from patients through venepuncture, as requested by clinicians and other appropriately authorised doctors and health professionals.
* To collect blood samples safely with due respect to the dignity of patients and the needs of other clinical services.
* To ensure blood samples are collected in appropriate containers, labelled correctly, and prepared and dispatched to relevant laboratory sections in a timely and correct manner.
* To contribute to the provision of an efficient, high‑quality service and ensure proficiency and competence and personal and professional standards of that group are maintained.
* To work closely with Medical, Nursing and Laboratory staff to provide a rapid blood collection service, which is sensitive to service requirements on individual wards, OPD or GP practices as appropriate.
* To provide high‑quality, timely and effective phlebotomy services to patients on one or more floors at York Hospital, or other designated areas as directed by the Phlebotomy Manager.
* To take part in a weekend and bank holiday rota to maintain phlebotomy services across the Trust.
Benefits
* Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants.
* 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service).
* A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18,000) to support with relocation expenses for hard‑to‑fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully.
* A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave.
* Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family, and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme.
* NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme.
* An extensive range of learning and development opportunities.
* Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance through a range of providers.
Equal Opportunities
We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks – including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks – to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer. We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which actively promotes SaBRE – Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
For further information about working for our Trust please visit https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd
Advert closes on Monday 13 Apr 2026.
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