Job summary
Are you seeking a new challenge? We are looking for someone to join our friendly team of Phlebotomists! This is a either a full-time or part time position with up to 37.5 hours per week available. You will be part of a team providing a blood-taking service across York Hospital and community clinics at LNER Stadium, Vanguard Centre, Askham Bar, Selby War Memorial, Malton, Tadcaster Medical Centre, and Sherburn Medical Centre.

You will need to be:

• An enthusiastic and motivated team player
• Someone with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Passionate about delivering high-quality, timely, and effective phlebotomy services
• Flexible and able to work across all service locations and hours on a rotating basis

Previous blood-taking experience is not essential. If you share our values and are committed to patient care, we would love to hear from you!

Please note: Previous applicants within the last 6 months need not apply. Interviews for this position are held in person only and requests for remote interviews will not be offered.

Main duties of the job

• To collect blood samples from patients through venepuncture, as requested by clinicians and other appropriately authorised doctors and health professionals.
• To collect blood samples safely with due respect to the dignity of patients, and the needs of other clinical services.
• To ensure blood samples are collected in appropriate containers, labelled correctly, and prepared and dispatched to relevant laboratory sections in a timely and correct manner.
• To contribute to the provision of an efficient, high quality service and ensure that proficiency and competence and personal and professional standards of that group are maintained.
• To work closely with Medical, Nursing, and Laboratory staff to provide a rapid blood collection service, which is sensitive to service requirements on individual Wards, OPD or GP practices as appropriate.
• To provide high quality, timely and effective phlebotomy services to patients on one or more floors at York Hospital, or other designated areas as directed by the Phlebotomy Manager.
• To take part in a weekend and bank holiday rota to maintain phlebotomy services across the Trust.

About us
For further information about working for our Trust please visit: https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager at interview stage.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave.
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme.
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance through a range of providers.

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

Details
Date posted: 15 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 2
Salary: £25,272 a year per annum/pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 419-8342683-P-CSD
Job locations: York Hospital, Wigginton Road, York, YO31 8HE, United Kingdom

Essential Education, Qualifications and Training

• Willingness to undertake further training
• Educated to GCSE Standard or Equivalent

Desirable Education, Qualifications and Training

• Qualification in English and Mathematics

Essential Skills and Experience

• Good communication at all levels both verbally and in writing and in a responsive and professional manner.
• Understanding of equality and diversity issues and how this affects patients, visitors and staff.
• Experience of working face to face with the general public including the handling of complaints.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Previous Phlebotomy experience
• Health care experience. Transferrable skills

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: York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: York Hospital, Wigginton Road, York, YO31 8HE, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.yorkhospitals.nhs.uk

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Phlebotomy Manager, Catherine McCluskey, Catherine.McCluskey1@nhs.net, 01904726544

The Trust welcomes applications from everyone. Armed Forces Friendly Employer: holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.