Job overview

The work, as a phlebotomist, involves taking blood samples from patients who are currently being treated on our wards and outpatient department as well as those in other local hospitals i.e. Farnham and Aldershot.  Properly taken blood samples are vital in helping our clinicians to effectively diagnose and treat the medical conditions in the patients that they see.

We are currently looking for people, perhaps like yourself, who would be interested in a role where you would be trained and supported right from the start, helping to provide the best possible care and treatment for our patients.

Your main base will be Frimley Park Hospital.

Main duties of the job

Your role will be to take blood samples as part of our busy and friendly team. You will need excellent communication and interpersonal skills,  good manual dexterity, the ability to remain calm under pressure and be able to work independently and flexibly when necessary.

The team  cover a variety of shift times therefore flexibility is key as you will be required to cover other sites where services are provided. The operating times of the department are:

07:00 – 19:00 Monday – Friday (ward and OPD areas)

08:30 - 12:00 Saturday - Sunday (Wards only)

A bank holiday service is provided to the wards and covered by the team on a rotational basis.

This post is an entry level Band 2. After completion of training and achieving specific Competencies/Criteria, there is the opportunity to progress to a Band 3 post .

If this sounds interesting, and you would like more information and like to talk to someone about the role, please contact  Patricia Crane on 03006 132192 or Louise Boaler   03006 139440  (between 07:00 – 13:00 Monday to Friday).

Previous applicants need not apply. Please be aware, during interview you will be required to complete a short written test.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.