Senior Donor Carer Venepuncturist

Senior Donor Carer Venepuncturist 

About the Organisation: 

National Services Scotland (NSS) is a national NHS Board operating right at the heart of NHSScotland providing invaluable support and advice at a strategic and operational level.  NSS supports customers to deliver their services more efficiently and effectively and we offer shared services on a national scale using best-in-class systems and standards. Our priority is always the same to improve the health and well-being of the people of Scotland. We do this by working in partnership with colleagues across Health and Social Care to deliver fit for purpose solutions and systems, delivering high quality services that help our stakeholders to free up resources so they can be re-invested into essential services.  

The Post: 

We are looking for an Apheresis / Whole Blood Senior Donor Carer Venepuncturist to join our existing team of staff who provide a high standard of care to our donors; you will be required to Perform and monitor venepunctures to obtain apheresis platelets, plasma donations, whole blood and samples in accordance with nationally approved procedures.  

The Candidate:

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, motivated, flexible person to undertake this challenging and interesting post. Candidates should be educated to SVQ level 3 or equivalent and have previous experience of dealing with the public in a health or service environment.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a PVG Scheme Disclosure Scotland check. Any candidate who have lived/worked overseas for more than 12 months in the preceding 5 years will also be required to provide a criminal record check from the appropriate overseas agency.

Location and Working Pattern:

This post will be based in Inverness & North Blood Donor Centre within the Raigmore Hospital site.

The work pattern for this post is Monday to Sunday, 21 hours per week.

It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with NSS.

Benefits: 

Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits. HR Benefits Brochure.

Further information:

For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Cara Grant on or Cara.Grant@nhs.scot 

Closing date for completed applications is 2 December 2024.

Further information on NSS is available from: https://www.nss.nhs.scot/ 

Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).

NHS National Services Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies