Jobs at Stanford Medical Centre

Stanford Medical Centre Brighton are looking for a salaried GP or a salaried GP with a view to partnership working a minimum of 6 sessions to full-time (8 sessions) to join our innovative team in taking General Practice forward. Start date available from Spring 2025.

Our Vision

Leading through knowledge, experience and working with the wider community to develop a profitable, stable business delivering quality family medicine for our staff and patients.

Our values: Respect for each other, honesty, trust and cooperation so we can run the business in accordance with our shared values.

Why choose Stanford

• Strong Innovative and successful Partnership led teaching practice with 8 Partners and 3 salaried GPs with 18,000 patients
• You will be joining a supportive practice with a strong emphasis on team working with a focus on work life balance and wellbeing
• Current Partners have roles within the NHS Sussex ICB, the local PCN, micro-suction, and we have several GP trainers
• Teaching practice offering placements to all levels of GP Vocational training while also having close links with BSMS medical student teaching
• Weekly team meetings involving all staff which promotes values of team working and accountability
• We are high earning, high QOF achieving, rated as GOOD in all areas of CQC and work collaboratively within a like-minded PCN, sharing ideas and resources. We have in-house pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, first contact physiotherapists
• Strong nursing team , with nurse led chronic disease clinics
• Strong admin team supporting the practice
• Part of a successful PCN with 5 local practices, 56,000 patients, which is now a Ltd company
• Our enhanced health in Care Home/ Frailty team is nurse lead, working with our PCN to ensure patient- focused care and team working
• We work within a purpose built surgery with two branches, each 2 miles away; with our Brighton University branch moving to the exciting new Preston Barracks development in 2025
• We have a stable practice demographic of families, students, workers and elderly, are close to many amenities and are well regarded by our patients and colleagues

If you are a new GP we can guide and support you and if you are an experienced GP we can utilise and develop your skills. The roles would need to include Friday but there is flexibility around the other sessions.

We are looking for someone who shares our vision for improving and sustaining General Practice, but above all someone who can work well with us a team

How to apply

Submit a CV and Covering Letter

Job Summary

Working under the direction of the lead nurse and as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, the post holder will be responsible for performing venepuncture, as requested by the clinical team, to the entitled patient population.  In addition, the Phlebotomist will be expected to support the nursing team on an as required basis.  

Stanford Medical Centre must ensure that the post holder has access to appropriate clinical supervision and an appropriate named individual in the organisation to provide general advice and support on a day-to-day basis.

Core Hours

• Full time equates to 37.5 hours per week across Monday to Friday.
• Exact hours to be discussed during recruitment process. 
• Hours worked in excess of contracted hours are treated as overtime.

Location

The role will involve working across all Practice locations and may require off-site working when required by the Practice. 

Key Responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the Phlebotomist. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• Obtaining patient consent for the collection of a blood sample
• Performing venepuncture in accordance with practice protocols
• Obtaining patient consent for the recording of blood pressure 
• Taking a patient’s blood pressure in accordance with practice protocols 
• Maintaining accurate patient records on EMIS Web
• The correct labelling, packaging and storing of samples
• Effective use of the specimen log, resolving any discrepancies
• Ensuring samples are sent to the laboratory in a timely manner
• Maintaining an effective liaison with the laboratory staff at BSUH. 
• Working collaboratively with the nursing team, seeking guidance when necessary for patient related matters

Secondary Responsibilities

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Phlebotomist assistant may be requested to:

1. Participate in practice audit as directed by the audit lead, including emergency drugs, equipment and room audits
2. Conduct effective stock management and ordering in line with Practice guidance and financial constraints 
3. Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
4. Working with the nursing team to review and develop practice policies and protocols specific to the job role. 
5. Support and participate in shared learning within the practice
6. Complete opening and closing procedures in accordance with the duty rota 

Person Specification - Phlebotomist

Health & Safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the Health & Safety Policy and any individual practice Health & Safety Manual when working at individual practices and the practice Infection Control policy and published procedures. 

This will include: 

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines. 
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks. 
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills. 
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards. 
• Actively reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised. 
• Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the jobholder’s role. 
• Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually). 
• Reporting potential risks identified. 
• Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Confidentiality

In the course of this role, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. 
In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential and is to be used in accordance with GDPR rules and regulations.
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice(s) may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. 

Equality and Diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: 

• Acting in a way that recognises the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation. 
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues. 
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. 

Personal/Professional Development

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice or host employer as part of this employment, such training to include: 

• Participation in a regular individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development. 
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice network, and will: 

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk. 
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision. 
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team’s performance. 
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients’ needs. 
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources. 

Communication 

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to: 

• Communicate effectively with other team members. 
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers (if required). 
• Recognise people’s needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly. 

Contribution to the Implementation of Services

The post-holder will: 

• Apply Practice and PCN policies, standards and guidance. 
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work. 
• Participate in any audits where appropriate.

How to apply

Submit a CV and Covering Letter