Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Northern General Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £24,169 pa/pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 13/07/2025 23:59 Interview date 25/07/2025
Community Phlebotomist
NHS AfC: Band 2
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst 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
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and committed Phlebotomist to join our community phlebotomy service for a nine month fixed term in order to cover maternity leave.
The post holder will provide venepuncture to patients in their own home. This is a community based role which requires access to a suitable vehicle and a willingness to drive throughout Sheffield.
Main duties of the job
* Undertake domiciliary visits to housebound patients to collect venous blood samples using agreed equipment as requested by appropriate health care professionals.
* Undertake domiciliary visits to housebound patients to collect and test capillary blood samples using agreed equipment as part of the organisations anticoagulation monitoring service.
* Perform clinical practice to the agreed standards and consistent with safe practice.
* Prepare specimens for transport ensuring correct collection, labelling and stability.
* Effectively prioritise visits in accordance with sample requirements, geographical location and sample collection times.
* Understand the importance of patient consent to treatment issues and appropriate clinical practice.
* Understand the importance of patient identification procedures and apply to clinical practice.
* Maintain privacy and dignity of all patients at all times.
* Deliver specimens timely to the appropriate pick up points when required.
* Report to the appropriate clinician (GP, district nurse etc) when there is concern for the health or wellbeing of the patient.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all 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.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period of a maximum of 9 months (until 01/06/2025) due to maternity leave of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and statutory maternity provisions.
Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.
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
Qualifications
* NVQ level 2 in health and care or equivalent experience/ qualifications
* Trained in venepuncture with relevant certification
Experience
* Previous experience working with members of the public
* An understanding of the role of a community phlebotomist
* Able to interact with people who feel vulnerable or anxious
* Skilled in difficult venepuncture
* Basic IT skills
* Self-motivation and ability to prioritise daily workload
* Ability to work to tight deadlines
* Ability to work as part of a team
* Flexible and sensitive and able to cope with the changing needs of the role
* Applicants must hold a full driving licence and have access to a car.
* Knowledge and commitment to Equal Opportunities
* Able to work unsupervised
* Experience of SystmOne
Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here .
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You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. All communications should be sent via your Trac system account.
If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.
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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.
Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.
All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.
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