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:
The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) is a directorate of NHS National Services Scotland (NSS). Accountable to the Scottish Government, NSS works at the very heart of the health service, providing national support services and expert advice to NHSScotland. It also plays an active and crucial role in the delivery of effective healthcare to patients and the public.
The core purpose of the SNBTS is to meet the transfusion needs of patients in. To deliver this, SNBTS is the specialist provider of transfusion medicine in, supplying high quality blood, tissues, cells, products and services. SNBTS works with communities, hospitals and professionals to ensure that the donor’s gift is used wisely and for the benefit of patients.
Within SNBTS, the Patient Services division is responsible for the care of patients undergoing stem cell collection and a range of therapeutic apheresis procedures as well as the provision of transfusion and transplantation laboratory services
This replacement post of up to 10 PAs, is a Consultant Haematologist within SNBTS Patient Services Division based at the SNBTS Edinburgh and Southeast Scotland Regional Centre on the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh site.
The main duties are providing consultant level Transfusion Medicine support to the SNBTS Clinical Laboratories and Clinical Apheresis Unit and supporting the SNBTS Transfusion Practitioners and Hospital Transfusion Committees in the Southeast of Scotland.
The post-holder is expected to take part in the SNBTS National Consultant Rota for out of hours and daytime on-call.
Time will be allocated for continuing professional development. Maintenance of CPD compliance of RCPath is mandatory as is maintenance of full registration with GMC.
The Candidate:
Applicants must be registered medical practitioners who are included on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council or within six months of completing CCT qualification in Haematology.