South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Community Phlebotomist
The closing date is 10 November 2025
We are looking to recruit an experienced and enthusiastic Phlebotomist who will support the Community Nursing teams in the Hambleton and Richmondshire locality, predominately working within the Hambleton area.
Successful candidate must have access to a vehicle for work purposes to meet the requirements of the role.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high standard of care to patients within their own homes, as part of the integrated community nursing service the post holder will contribute to the admission avoidance agenda by providing high quality care to patients.
The post holder will be responsible for carrying out designated work, much of which will involve direct patient care. This care will be delegated by trained staff and the post holder will be expected to work under the indirect supervision of trained staff. The post holder will work in a person‑centred way to achieve clear outcomes and adhere to trust and team objectives.
The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across 7 days a week, ensuring the 8 am‑6 pm service is covered, to meet the changing needs of the service, which may include working across the Hambleton and Richmondshire, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland area.
The successful candidate should be enthusiastic, able to travel independently across a large rural geographical area and be able to work on their own and as part of the team.
Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.
About us
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our staff in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:
* Your Leadership Impact
* Service Improvement for Beginners
After you complete these one and a half days of training, you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in‑house courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Training
* NVQ 2 or other equivalent qualification in health‑related subject or equivalent demonstrable experience
* Venepuncture training
Experience
* Demonstrates an ability to learn, to be able to pass the phlebotomy competency assessment
* Experience of working with minimal supervision, and with a high degree of accuracy.
* Experience in providing an effective customer service and dealing directly with members of the public.
* Evidence utilised venepuncture skill since training
* Having worked in a health care related role.
Knowledge & Skills
* Excellent IT skills and able to use software packages
* Excellent organisational skills and time management
* Understanding of patient confidentiality
* Relevant knowledge of the community setting
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer name
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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