HCA Phlebotomist - Somerset (Bath)

HCA Phlebotomist for Health Checks & Phlebotomy – £17 - 25 per hour

Location: Bath

Shift Pattern:

Monday –Friday - 0750 - 1810

Saturday – 0850 - 1710

Sunday - 1050 - 1555

To start 1st March 2027

Requirements:

• Must be over 25 years old


• Have a full drivers licence


• Drive manual and have a clean licence


• Responsible for re-confirming participant details before commencement of appointment


• Responsible for completing height, weight and waist measurements captured; taking heart rate and blood pressure checks and inputting result data on the system


• Responsible for drawing the two blood samples, labelling and storing correctly in outreach and mobile locations


• Checking the welfare of the participant throughout the appointment, escalating as required


• Offering signposting, advice and guidance to participants as relevant


• Responsible for preparing boxes containing samples to be collected by the courier


• Minimum of one year’s active experience drawing blood (as validated through competency checklist and references during recruitment process)

Background:

• Over 1,000,000 participants over the age of 18


• A six days per week service, running Monday to Sunday, linked to laboratory opening hours, and open from 07:50 to 18:10 to ensure maximum accessibility to participants


• The service will be delivered across various regions in Wales & Scotland, (details of our chosen locations are outlined above) comprising of mobile sites & moving vehicle services

• A 15-minute appointment per participant, inclusive of:
  
  
  
  • Confirming participant identity
  
  
  • Verifying participant consent
  
  
  • Completing the following tests: Blood pressure measures and heart rate (x2); height (cm); weight (kg); waist circumference (cm)
  
  
  • Obtaining venous blood draw (2 x 6 ml EDTA samples)
  
  
  • Providing the participant with any information based on tests undertaken (where applicable).