Job summary
- Main area
- Pathology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 34 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 08:00-17:00)
- Job ref
- 177-CORP-7212740
- Employer
- James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- James Paget University Hospitals
- Town
- Great Yarmouth
- Salary
- £24,169 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2025 08:00
Employer heading

Phlebotomist
NHS AfC: Band 2
Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:
- Putting patients first
- Aiming to get it right
- Recognising that everybody counts
- Doing everything openly and honestly
Job overview
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join our Phlebotomy team.
We are looking for flexible, hardworking and enthusiastic phlebotomists to join us.
If you are passionate about health and want to expand your knowledge and experience within the sector and you're keen to learn new skills, this could be the perfect role for you.
No previous experience is needed.
Main duties of the job
To be part of the Phlebotomy team to perform venepuncture (the piercing /
puncturing of veins) and blood collection.
To extract blood samples from patients in a manner that makes the blood sample suitable for analytical, therapeutic or diagnostic testing and purpose for both our inpatients & outpatient services.
Working for our organisation
We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for a full and comprehensive overview for this position.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Experience of working/communicating with the general public
Essential
Essential criteria
- Good general standard of education in Mathematics and English at GCSE level or equivalent to Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy
Desirable
Essential criteria
- Previous Phlebotomy experience
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Christopher Sylvester
- Job title
- Deputy Business Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01493 453944
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