Phlebotomist - Saturdays 9am-1pm

About the Role

GP Healthcare Alliance is looking to welcome an experienced, qualified phlebotomist into our GP Federation, to work in the Ashingdon area on Saturdays, from 9am - 1pm. The successful applicant will work under the direction of the lead clinician, as part of the practice multi-disciplinary team. The post-holder will be responsible for performing tasks including:

• Working strictly in accordance with specific primary care network (PCN) guidelines and protocols, to assist the PCN clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care;
• Collecting samples of blood in accordance with training and procedures, ensuring correct storage, labelling, recording, and efficient dispatching of samples;
• Ensuring that the patient is as comfortable and relaxed as possible, and confirming their agreement to the collection of a blood sample;
• Checking patient identification against appointment details and confirming with patient whenever possible;
• Ensuring that anomalies are reported to a senior member of staff;
• Notifying the GP of any significant patient issues;
• Liaising with and assisting members of the administrative team.

About the Candidate

If you are an experienced phlebotomist, we would love to hear from you. You will have the following skills and qualifications:

• Minimum of a Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care or equivalent qualification or experience;
• Relevant qualification and clinical knowledge and skills in venepuncture;
• Experience of working in a healthcare setting, ideally within primary care;
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes;
• Consistently confidential, compassionate and respectful approach, placing a high value on the dignity of patients, relatives, carers and colleagues;
• Ability to communicate effectively and to understand the needs of the patient;
• Problem solving with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required;
• Flexibility and an adaptable approach;
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

About Us

GP Healthcare Alliance is a company, originally formed as a GP federation, made up of 18 practices in Castle Point, Rochford and Rayleigh, Essex. We work together to provide healthcare for all practices and patients. All practice members remain independent contractors but work collaboratively to improve healthcare services within our area.

We provide a range of primary care and community services to our local residents, various ‘at scale services’ for practices, as well as providing professional staff training. We meet nationwide challenges with local knowledge and expertise, tailoring our services to reflect the needs of the communities in which we work.

We will develop new services where we believe we can improve the patient experience and deliver efficiency savings to the NHS. We work with local NHS clinicians in the delivery of the services, thereby supporting the retention of strength and depth within the local NHS clinical teams.

About the GP Healthcare Alliance:

• Over 8 years delivering NHS contracts at scale across Essex
• Serving close to 300,000 patients across 5 primary care networks
• Delivering weekend wound care services
• We delivered “hot hubs” during the Coronavirus pandemic's first wave, and still deliver Covid vaccinations and booster campaigns
• Online training academy is due to be launched in early 2023
• We care! Our charity work includes collaborating with the Rotary Clubs to collect food bank donations as well as collecting used bra’s for breast cancer research and compiling Christmas gift boxes for the homeless
• At an inspection of our head offices we were rated “outstanding” by the CQC for being such a “well led” organisation, this year!

GP Healthcare Alliance is an exciting place to work and offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people. We positively encourage applications from all areas, regardless of age, gender disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who works with us have a good working life and a good work life/home life balance.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.