Job overview

To work under the guidance and supervision of qualified members of staff to meet the needs of clients within Calderdale and to provide daily admiration functions / phlebotomy for the Community Heart Failure Team

Main duties of the job

 ·       An awareness of public user involvement in the service we provide.

·       Carrying equipment, lifting, bending and standing for long periods.

·       Walking long distances throughout the hospital, at GP surgeries and during domiciliary     visits

·       Preparing work areas

·       Explaining to patients a number of procedures.

·       Using persuasive skills and reassurance in dealing with those who are needle phobic.

·       Assisting patients to dress and undress if necessary

·       Collecting blood samples into appropriate containers.  

·       Recording details of blood samples taken and, where appropriate, obtaining and recording medical information from patients.

·       Collecting blood samples from patients with varying disabilities, behavioural problems, patients who faint/vomit and dealing with distressed patients in a sensitive manner.

·       Having an awareness of the need to report any concerns regarding a patient’s condition and/or safeguarding.

·       Assisting team leader and supervisor.

·       Supporting new and less experienced colleagues with training.

·       Inter-departmental liaison.

·       Being open and honest and learning from mistake

Working for our organisation

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza. 

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.