Job summary
- Main area
- Community Nursing
- Grade
- 3
- Contract
- Fixed term: 6 months (Nov 24-May25)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (8-4 Monday to Friday)
- Job ref
- 150-MT1907-CC-A
- Employer
- Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Hove Polyclinic
- Town
- Hove
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 Per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Phlebotomist
3
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Brighton & Hove Community Phlebotomy Service providing Community based care across the City
The new post holder will join our Established group of Phlebotomists within our team base at Hove Polyclinic where they will work across both our Domiciliary caseload and may also provide phlebotomy services as an out patients function.
Please note: Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role is unlikely to be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
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Main duties of the job
The Brighton and Hove Community Phlebotomy Service are looking for an experienced Phlebotomist to provide our service to our communities within patients own homes, with our dynamic team working along side our Community Nursing colleagues.
Suitable candidates will ideally be competent in phlebotomy, although training and development can be supported to individuals looking to enhance their clinical skills.
Car Driver Essential
Working for our organisation
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?
• Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients’ homes, and bases across Sussex
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Suitable candidates will ideally be competent in phlebotomy, although training and development can be supported to individuals looking to enhance their clinical skills.
Due to Community working, a UK Driving license and access to a vehicle for business purposes is essential, unless under the Equality Act.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant significant experience of working in a caring environment, either in health, social or voluntary services
- Basic numeracy and ability to write simple reports
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with adults and/or experience of working in community or home care services.
- Basic understanding of statutory health and social services.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as an effective member of a team.
- Ability to visit patients in the community unsupervised
- Ability to deal with a wide range of people at all levels, including clients, carers, health and social care colleagues and other professionals
- Competent ability to assist in the treatments of a wide range of conditions.
- Ability to work independently and demonstrate initiative.
- Able to prioritise and plan own workload.
- Ability to understand work related boundaries and refer matters of importance to a senior colleague
- Basic computer skills.
- Ability to prioritise routine work from a variety of sources, meet deadlines and perform effectively under pressure
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good standard of education.
- NVQ level III in Health Care or equivalent experience
other
Essential criteria
- Have driving licence and access to a car for work purposes, unless under the Equality Act
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Wilma Thomas
- Job title
- Deputy Operational Head of Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07703415677
- Additional information
For an informal discussion, please contact :
Wilma Thomas
wilma.thomas @nhs.net
07703415677
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