Phlebotomist

Are you looking for flexibility? University Hospital Southampton Cancer Care Phlebotomy Service is urgently seeking a reliable individual, to work across the integrated Trust services: inpatient and outpatient.

Your duties will include:

• To collect blood samples from both inpatients and outpatients using vacutainer or butterfly methods, ensuring that the correct colour bottles are used for each sample.
• To correctly label all samples once taken and package them in the appropriate manner ready for transportation to the laboratory.
• To transport samples to the laboratory if and when required.
• Working flexibly across the integrated care trust to meet service need. (All acute and outpatient sites)
• Administrative duties, to support the service.

Essential:

• Must have previously worked as a phlebotomist in a healthcare setting
• Certification for venesection

Desirable:

• Experience in cannulation

The service operates 7am – 6pm Mon-Fri, 8am-4pm Saturday, Sunday.

We are all NHS Professionals... would you like to join us?

As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits:

• Competitive pay rates – work this week, get paid next week
• Essential support when you need it – 24/7 365 days – Call us anytime
• First choice of shifts or placements at your Trust – access before they are made available to agency
• Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go – access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone
• Varied working options to suit your lifestyle – access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements
• Training and development opportunities – Keep up with the essentials and more
• Build holiday allowance for every shift you work – your work life balance is important to us
• Stakeholder pension scheme available – a flexible future for you

Apply now.

Who are NHS Professionals?

NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.

Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts don’t have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 126,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is then reinvested back into the NHS.

To apply please send your CV to UHSRecruitment@nhsprofessionals.nhs.uk or call 03330 143 694 for more information.