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Job summary

Main area
Nursing
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 25 hours per week (Up to 25 hours per week - Across service hours which are Monday to Friday, 07:30/08:00 till 6pm, Saturday and Sunday and Bank holidays, including Christmas Day - 07:30/08:00 till 12pm on a rota basis)
Job ref
419-7344850-P-CSD
Employer
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
York Hospital
Town
York
Salary
£24,465 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/08/2025 23:59

Employer heading

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Phlebotomist

Band 2

Please note that contact with applicants will usually be by email, and so please check all of your mail folders regularly (unfortunately some providers filter our messages into junk mail folders).

Our Values

  •  We are KIND
  •  We are OPEN
  •  We pursue EXCELLENCE

We are looking for applications from people who share our values to help make us a valued and trusted partner within our care system, that delivers safe effective care to our local population.

 

People for Patients. Our People, our Patients, our Priority

Job overview

Are you looking for a new challenge?

We have some exciting opportunities available for you to join our friendly team of 36 Phlebotomists! We’re currently offering positions of up to 25 hours per week, working in York Hospital and our community clinics at LNER Stadium, Vanguard Centre, Selby War Memorial, Malton, Tadcaster Medical Centre, and Sherburn Medical Centre. We’re on the lookout for enthusiastic and motivated team players with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

If you’re passionate about providing high-quality, timely, and effective phlebotomy services to patients, we’d love to hear from you! Flexibility is key, as you will need to be able to work across all our service locations and hours on a rotating basis.

Please note: Interviews for this position are held in person ONLY and by applying you acknowledge that remote interviews will not be offered.

Main duties of the job

  • To collect blood samples from patients through venepuncture, as requested by clinicians and other appropriately authorised doctors and health professionals. 
  • To collect blood samples safely with due respect to the dignity of patients, and the needs of other clinical services.
  • To ensure blood samples are collected in appropriate containers, labelled correctly, and prepared and dispatched to relevant laboratory sections in a timely and correct manner. 
  • To contribute to the provision of an efficient, high quality service and ensure that proficiency and competence and personal and professional standards of that group are maintained. 
  • To work closely with Medical, Nursing, and Laboratory staff to provide a rapid blood collection service, which is sensitive to service requirements on individual Wards, OPD or GP practices as appropriate.
  • To provide high quality, timely and effective phlebotomy services to patients on one or more floors at York Hospital, or other designated areas as directed by the Phlebotomy Manager.
  • To take part in a weekend and bank holiday rota to maintain phlebotomy services across the Trust.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship

Working for our organisation

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

  • Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
  • 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
  • A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully.  If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
  • A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
  • Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
  • NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
  • An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
  • Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance through a of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities.  We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds.  If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: [email protected].

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment.  It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can.  We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

Armed Forces Friendly Employer

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers.  This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.

Person specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria
  • Willingness to undertake further training
  • Educated to GCSE Standard or Equivalent
Desirable criteria
  • Qualification in English and Mathematics

Skills and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Good communication at all levels both verbally and in writing and in a responsive and professional manner.
  • Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff.
  • Experience of working face to face with the general public including the handling of complaints.
Desirable criteria
  • Dexterity
  • Previous Phlebotomy experience
  • Health care experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark

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

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Catherine McCluskey
Job title
Phlebotomy Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01904 726544
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