PhlebotomistinManchesterinManchesterPUBLISHED TUE 1 APR 2025

Band 2

Main area Outpatients/Phlebotomy Services Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent: Hours worked over 5 days a week. No Weekend Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hours worked over 5 days a week. No Weekend) Job ref 349-NMGH-7047049*

Site North Manchester General Hospital Town Manchester Salary £23,615 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 14/04/2025 23:59

Job Overview

The Phlebotomy team at North Manchester General Hospital are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join the existing team.

This is a fast paced multi departmental service delivered across five days, no weekend or Bank Holidays.

Duties will include blood sampling for patients on all Outpatients areas, providing a service to the very busy and demanding blood sampling room, and for patients attending clinics of varying specialties.

In line with the Trust's Single Equality Scheme we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of ethnic origin, disability, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality, religion, marital status, social background or trade union membership.

Main duties of the job

Providing Phlebotomy Service to patients.

The post holder will assess, plan, evaluate and deliver all relevant aspects of patient care in a caring, compassionate, and sensitive manner. Work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to the clinical governance process. The post holder will take delegated responsibility for the management of the clinical team and the maintenance of high standards of patient care.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Phlebotomy Qualification
• Maths and English Qualification (Level 2)
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Venepuncture Certificate
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of current Phlebotomy duties
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Practical Phlebotomy experience
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Good communication skills (written & verbal)
• Ability to liaise with patients in a sensitive manner
• Good use of Microsoft office package and IT Skill
• Able to work as part of a team
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Clinical Governance
  
  

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Experience working on own and as part of a team
• Ability to supervise and support Colleagues
• Demonstrate awareness of own limitation
• Ability to organise workload and delegate tasks
  
  

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 170.4KB)
• Functional requirements (PDF, 920.2KB)
• Candidate Essential Guide Non Medical (PDF, 1.3MB)
  
  

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name Reachel Ovieriakhi Job title Nurse Manager Email address Telephone number Additional information

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