Donor Carer Venepuncturist

Overview

Join Our Team – Become a Donor Carer Venepuncturist with NHS National Services Scotland!

Are you passionate about delivering exceptional care and making a real difference to patients across Scotland? Our Donor Carer team plays a vital role in ensuring a safe and sufficient blood supply, supporting donation sessions across the country. We’re looking for caring, confident, and motivated individuals with excellent communication skills and a commitment to high-quality patient care. As a Donor Carer, you’ll work directly with donors, carrying out venepuncture, providing reassurance, and ensuring every donation experience is safe, comfortable, and positive.

If you’re enthusiastic, people focused, and keen to be part of a collaborative, supportive team, we’d love to hear from you.

National Services Scotland (NSS) is a national NHS Board operating at the heart of NHSScotland, providing support and advice at strategic and operational levels. NSS supports customers to deliver their services more efficiently and effectively and offers shared services on a national scale using best-in-class systems and standards. Our priority is to improve the health and well-being of the people of Scotland, working with colleagues across Health and Social Care to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions and systems, helping our stakeholders free up resources for essential services.

As a major division within NSS, the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) plays a vital role in health in Scotland and internationally through leadership in product development, biomedical research and donor services. Our goal is to maintain the highest standards of patient care while remaining internationally competitive.

We are looking for a Donor Carer Venepuncturist to join our existing community teams who provide a high standard of care to donors. You should be friendly, enjoy meeting people and be willing to work as part of a team. You’ll have variety in the role, including caring for donors through the blood donation process and loading/unloading and assembling community session donation equipment.

Knowledge of health care or other customer-focused environments is essential. Standard keyboard skills are essential as are good communication, organisational and interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will be required to undergo a PVG Scheme Disclosure Scotland check. Any candidate who has 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.

The position is based in the Inverness Blood Donor Centre; however, extensive travel throughout the region is required.

Monday to Sunday, 21 hours per week. You must be flexible and willing to work variable hours. Hours will include weekends and as many as three late evenings a week. It is a condition of employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with NSS.

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).

NSS is a national board and an anchor institution aiming to be a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone feels welcome. Flexible working is supported to help balance personal and professional responsibilities. NSS offers learning and development opportunities to support diversity, inclusion and mental health in the workplace. There are equality staff networks, and NSS is an equal opportunities employer that guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for vacancies.

As an accredited Disability Confident Leader, NSS aims to offer a fully accessible and inclusive recruitment service. If you need reasonable adjustments, please contact the Recruitment Team on NSS.wfrst.

For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit to the centre to meet the team, please contact Senior Charge Nurse Gillian Docherty (gillian.docherty3t) or Senior Nurse Manager Cara Grant (cara.grantt).

Closing date for completed applications is 10 February 2026. For NSS information, visit: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

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

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