Job overview

The post holder will provide a safe, effective, and high quality phlebotomy service to patients, ensuring timely and accurate collection of blood specimens.

Main duties of the job

• To provide an efficient, safe correct venepuncture service to patients
• To maintain high standard in control of infection procedures
• To perform to the work practices as set out in the policy for disposal of sharps and
venepuncture policy
• To maintain patient’s safety at all times

• To maintain accurate documentation and electronic records at all times
• To ensure all blood samples are sent safely to clinical laboratories
• To work in collaboration with other Health Care professionals, and work as part of a team to provide high standard of service
• Correctly identify patients using the trust’s verification procedures
• Label and handle samples in accordance with laboratory requirements
• Provide reassurance and care to anxious or distressed patients
• Work independently on wards and other clinical areas

Working for our organisation

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.