Job Description

Site King's College Hospital Town London Salary £26,934 to £27,515 per annum depending on experience Closing 13/10/2023 23:59

The place to work in pathology

We are looking for top talent to join the UK’s leading and fastest growing pathology company – a scientific organisation with a clinical purpose.

Working in partnership with our service partners, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals, King’s College Hospital and Princess Royal University Hospital we aim to set the standard for the future of pathology.

Job overview

Synnovis are inviting applications to join our ever-growing team of highly skilled Phlebotomists on Part Time (10 hrs weekend, 20hrs Monday-Friday) and full time post across Guy’s and St. Thomas’s hospital, King’s College Hospital at Denmark Hill and Princess Royal University Hospital Orpington sites. Advert also going to NHS Jobs and Reed Jobs.

We would like to hear from people who are keen, enthusiastic, flexible and committed to improving our patient’s experience. To be considered for these roles, candidates should possess excellent customer service skills and be able to demonstrate this during the selection process. Some experience working within a role as a Phlebotomist would be highly beneficial. You must have excellent spoken and written English, be numerate and have first class dexterity skills.

You will be required to work alongside medical and nursing staff and other healthcare professionals as part of a multidisciplinary team. This role will require you to work in a multitude of locations ranging from wards, outpatients, clinics and community services (including a variety of geographic locations).

You will be required to undertake a range of protocol driven tasks, working to tight targets and deadlines. These tasks will include being required to handle clinical specimens, accurately record data for quality assurance monitoring procedures, as well as other administrative duties.

Concentration and attention to details are essential to this role. The post holder will offer a helpful and professional service to all visitors and telephone callers and will assist in the provision of a high quality service

Please note: You will be required to work a flexible shift pattern between 06:30 and 18:00 Monday – Sunday if and when required.

Please be aware that we expect to receive a very high number of applications and may need to close this vacancy before the closing date.

We regret that we will be unable to provide individual feedback on applications.

Main duties of the job

To collect blood samples from inpatients, outpatients and patients referred to the hospital for blood tests by their General Practitioner or Consultant, within all our sites located within Southwark and Lambeth.

Technical

• To comply with local and national policies for the safe, secure and confidential processing, and storage of patient and other patient information.
• To use the computer information systems (e.g. Electronic Patient Record, Swiftqueue, EPIC, Positive Patient Identification Systems) as per authorised protocols.
• To maintain the integrity and accuracy of computer databases.

Clinical

• To adhere to the protocols for the accurate and positive confirmation of the identity of patients prior to drawing blood samples.
• To obtain venous and capillary blood samples from adult patients with appropriate requests in addition to accessing PICC and Hickman Lines for blood sampling.
• To adhere to the protocols for the accurate and positive labelling of blood samples immediately following the collection of the specimen from the patient.
• To be responsible for blood samples reaching the laboratories in a timely manner.
• To maintain adequate stocks of sample containers and needles on the trolleys and workstations.
• To actively pursue good professional working relations with all staff groups on the wards/ outpatient clinics.
• To be polite sensitive and professional at all times to the patients, their families and all other hospital staff and colleagues.

Administrative

• To assist with record keeping, to ensure compliance with good work practices required for the standards of ISO
• To advise the Phlebotomy Senior Management Team when stocks of consumables are approaching minimum stock levels.
• To report to the Phlebotomy Senior Management Team any instance or event which may cause a service delivery failure.

Other

• To observe and adhere to local and national health and safety policies.
• To keep the workplace and workbenches clean and tidy.
• To maintain good work relations with all members of staff, and to promote effective teamwork.
• To treat everyone associated with our Host Trusts with courtesy and respect.
• To ensure compliance with all local and national standards of work practice e.g. ISO
• To maintain and promote the professional image of Synnovis Pathology, Guy’s & St Thomas’ and King’s College Hospital NHS Trusts.
• To participate in an annual Performance, Planning and Review process in order to agree/ achieve objectives to support personal development and the department.
• To actively undertake supervision, giving accurate feedback on performance using the appropriate paperwork on the day of supervision, of junior staff and students (including external students and medical students).

Working for our organisation

You will have a suite of learning opportunities available through The Synnovis Way Development programme, the Scientific Learning and Development Fund and the Synnovis Academy through which you can receive funding / support for advanced qualifications.

Through our Innovation Accelerator Fund, you can apply for finance to get that new innovative scientific project off the ground, and participate with the wider scientific community through symposiums, conferences and other peer group meetings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

At Synnovis, we are currently shaping the future of pathology services by creating a world-leading Hub and Spoke pathology network with our NHS partners. A large part of this modernisation will involve moving 70% of our services to a purpose built, state of the art Hub laboratory in the heart of London.

For now, the job you are applying for will be based at one of our hospital sites however, from 1 April 2024 our people and services will start to move to our Hub laboratory in Blackfriars, Southwark, SE1, with some work remaining in refurbished essential services laboratories across our hospital network, focusing on the rapid turnover of urgent tests. Please do ask your recruiting manager if you wish to find out more.

Synnovis is a pathology partnership between SYNLAB UK and Ireland, and the NHS, including sites, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, to deliver and transform pathology services across South East London.

The partnership provides services to 1.7 million people living in South East London, as well as to hundreds of thousands of patients from outside the region who use local healthcare services.

The partnership provides diagnostics, testing and digital pathology for hospital trusts, GP services and other healthcare providers.

GSTT

Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Foundation Trust is a major emergency and specialist teaching Trust which has all the specialties associated with a fascinating and career defining case load including: Women’s Services, Fetal Medicine, Haematology, Oncology, Transplantation, and is also home to the Evelina Children’s Hospital and the Cancer Centre on the Guy’s site.

You will be close to the vibrant Borough Market and the South Bank, which are exceptional London locations; perfect places to work and relax next to such iconic venues as Big Ben, The London Eye and The Shard!

KCH

King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s leading NHS Foundation Trusts in specialist teaching. King’s has various divisions including Neurosciences, Haematology, Cancer and Cardiovascular sciences, where there are unlimited opportunities to develop and perfect your career.

Over the last 170 years, King’s has delivered nothing but world class service to all its patients from deprived communities as well as some of the wealthiest in London.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent. Inclusive of Math’s and English

Experience

• Proven IT skills in Word, Excel, Outlook, EPR
• Knowledge on NHS IT Systems
• Experience in supporting student training
• Participation in quality initiatives such as audit
• Completion of Phlebotomy course
• Supervisory role and supervising students/trainees

Skills and Knowledge

• Able to follow guidelines and protocols
• Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality and data protection issues.
• Understanding of medical terminology including basic physiology and anatomy
• Knowledge of the NHS and its service provision

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. All applicants are welcome to apply regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, race, nationality or ethnic origin, religion, or sexual orientation. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

Our Bank workers enjoy competitive market rates and flexible contract assignments across all of our sites, dependent on your availability and location.

For our Permanent workforce w e offer a competitive benefits package. As well as offering competitive salaries, all employees are also entitled to:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Performance related pay

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults . All employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Please apply for this post on-line. If you have problems with using the online process, or need any assistance, please email recruitment@synnovis.co.uk

Your e-mail address is important to us. We communicate to all job applicants via the e-mail address which has been provided on the application form. Please ensure that you check your e-mail on a regular basis.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

If you decide to apply for this post but do not hear back from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short-listed on this occasion.

Thank you for your interest in Synnovis.

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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.

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