Nursing Assistant

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join an NHS service that is focussed on delivering the best healthcare services to the local population via a Phlebotomy Service at the brand new Hull and East Riding Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) which is due to open in March 2025.
Our ambition is to transform the way we traditionally deliver healthcare and explore new and innovative delivery models that reflects the needs of both our patients and our staff. Initially this service will be provided at the Wilberforce Centre in Storey Street until the new premises are complete early in 2025.
The role will be within the phlebotomy service providing venepuncture and point of care testing to patients. You will work with other health professionals to provide care in a busy diagnostic environment. The post holder will be required to be proficient in venepuncture.
The service will see a large throughput of patients so a high standard of patient care skills are required along with an ability to be flexible and deal with challenging situations, possessing a helpful and pleasant demeanour is essential.
Initially the phlebotomy service will be provided 5 days a week through the whole year. The post holder should be prepared to work weekends and Bank Holidays and you will also be expected to cover the service hours on a rota basis.
The post holder will be based at the CDC and will also be expected to support services at Hull Royal Infirmary to meet the service needs., The post holder will work as part of the clinical team to perform point of care testing and collect blood samples from patients through venepuncture, as requested by clinicians and other appropriately authorised doctors and health professionals.
They will ensure all samples are collected safely in appropriate containers, labelled correctly, and prepared and dispatched to relevant laboratory sections in a timely and correct manner whilst respecting the dignity of patients, and the needs of other clinical services.
The post holder will also contribute to the provision of an efficient, high-quality service providing support to the Registered Nurse and wider team in the delivery of direct patient care. The role will also entail ensuring and maintaining a clean, tidy, safe, well-stocked and comfortable environment for patients.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.