Phlebotomist - Northampton, United Kingdom - Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Description
The phlebotomy work consists mainly of taking blood from patients' arms (Adults and Children) in the Wards and the Blood Taking Unit.
Full training will be provided for all duties. It would be highly desirable if you have been trained as a phlebotomist.Depending upon the location of work some or all of these duties will apply:
Safely handle potentially infectious blood, urine, human tissue samples, and hazardous chemicals on a daily basis.
Assist with the training of trainee biomedical support workers and trainee phlebotomists and perform competency assessment documentation
Attend all mandatory and statutory training.
Ensure that the workplace and workbenches are kept clean and tidy.
Maintain a flexible approach to the post in order to rapidly assimilate changes in workload, patterns and requirements.
Ensure that reagents are stored and used according to manufacturer and laboratory procedures.
Participate in Phlebotomy services as required including Paediatric Phlebotomy Clinic
Carry out appropriate daily maintenance on laboratory instruments and equipment prior to them being used for patient investigations.
Perform manual and automated laboratory investigations to Standard Operating Procedures.
Support the Biomedical Scientist staff in processing of samples.
Sort check and label samples when required.
Subject to competence assessment the post holder may discharge technical duties as part of a small team outside core hours to support the laboratory service.
Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance.
We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence ValuesCompassion
Accountability
Respect
Integrity
Courage
We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential.
We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.
We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.
Safely handle potentially infectious blood, urine, human tissue samples, and hazardous chemicals on a daily basis.
Assist with the training of trainee biomedical support workers and trainee phlebotomists and perform competency assessment documentation
Attend all mandatory and statutory training.
Ensure that the workplace and workbenches are kept clean and tidy.
Maintain a flexible approach to the post in order to rapidly assimilate changes in workload, patterns and requirements.
Ensure that reagents are stored and used according to manufacturer and laboratory procedures.
Participate in Phlebotomy services as required including Paediatric Phlebotomy Clinic
Carry out appropriate daily maintenance on laboratory instruments and equipment prior to them being used for patient investigations.
Perform manual and automated laboratory investigations to Standard Operating Procedures.
Support the Biomedical Scientist staff in processing of samples.
Sort check and label samples when required.
Subject to competence assessment the post holder may discharge technical duties as part of a small team outside core hours to support the laboratory service.
Use the Pathology inventory management system.
Enter patient demographics and technical laboratory data onto the Laboratory Information System.
Carry out postal duties including:
Incoming mail, outgoing mail and referred samples and using
Participate in the shift system as required.
Work on the sendaway bench
Can label and request all samples from diverse screening programs.
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