Job summary
The post is suitable for an individual who wish to develop clinical skills to support the specialty teams by delivering quality care by providing Phlebotomy Services. We are a large and busy unit providing services to multiple specialties and you will work closely with the Nursing and Medical Staff within Outpatients.

If you believe you have the skills required to fulfil this role we would like to hear from you.

• Interview Date Tuesday 06 October 2026
• 30 Hours/Week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will assist in the delivery of safe and effective care, working at Freeman Hospital. Phlebotomists perform venepuncture and blood collection as requested by Medical/Nursing Staff. They ensure blood samples are labelled correctly and returned to the laboratory in a timely fashion.

As a phlebotomist, you'll need:

• to be caring and kind
• willing to be hands-on with patients
• to be able to put patients at ease - they might feel anxious about giving blood
• able to follow instructions and procedures
• able to work in a team but use your own initiative
• able to explain procedures to patients, careful and methodical

You'll also need:

• good communication skills
• including listening skills
• good organisational and observational skills

When taking blood, you must be careful that you

• don't harm the patient
• don't disturb any nursing care that the patient is receiving
• take the blood correctly so it can be used for testing
• label the samples carefully
• store the blood correctly
• deliver the samples promptly to the lab

About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Details
Date posted: 24 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 2
Salary: £25,272 a year pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 317-2026-38-40-DR
Job locations: Freeman Hospital, 317 01 Freeman Hospital, NE7 7DN, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• By working with colleagues, provide a directorate wide phlebotomy service in allocated clinical areas.
• To perform venepuncture blood collection as requested by medical/nursing staff.
• To ensure blood samples are labelled correctly in line with Trust recommendations.

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential

• Basic IT Skills

Desirable

• Basic understanding of safeguarding

Skills
Essential

• Effective organisation and time management skills.
• Able to work effectively within a team and under own direction and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Dexterity at a level to perform phlebotomy duties

Desirable

• Venepuncture skills

Experience
Essential

• Ability to plan, prioritise own and delegated work tasks and activities.

Desirable

• Experience of caring in a personal or professional setting

Qualifications
Essential

• Good literacy and numeracy skills

Desirable

• NVQ Level II

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details
Employer name: The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Freeman Hospital, 317 01 Freeman Hospital, NE7 7DN, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Sister
Andrea Powell
andrea.powell1@nhs.net
01912139478

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.