Job overview

As a phlebotomist you will be responsible for safely performing venepuncture for ward-based patients and for patients attending clinics and appointments in the Outpatient Department from the age of 16 years and older.  

Main duties of the job

·       Report any concern of a patient’s condition during a procedure to the senior nurse or doctor in charge.

·       Access ICE to print patient blood test information.

·       Access Careflow to arrive and outcome patients attending for scheduled appointments.

·       Monitor and order stock as required for service provision.

·       Maintain own phlebotomy trolley, including replenishing of stock as needed and clean in line with IPC and local policy.

·       Ensure that samples are labelled at the patient’s bedside/with the patient correctly and using the correct request forms in line with Trust policy.

·       Ensure the safe transit of urgent and routine blood samples from the wards and clinic areas to laboratories to ensure that urgent samples are dealt with in accordance with laboratory policy.

·         Participate in late rotas, work flexibly to support the service.

Identify and report any patient safety incidents, near misses or concerns to the nurse in charge and using the InPhase reporting system

Working for our organisation

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.