Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
A unique, rare and exciting opportunity has become available to become part of a highly motivated and dedicated Bone and Tissue Bank Team at Wrightington Hospital. We are a Human Tissue Authority (HTA) licensed establishment and are looking to recruit a Deputy Manager to support and assist our small team in the running of our bone donation and transplantation programme.
We collect bone donated from our patients undergoing hip replacement surgery which is tested and can be later used to help other patients in need of critical orthopaedic procedures. This new role will be mainly promoting bone donation, offering open honest information and receiving consent from potential donors. You must be passionate about the importance of tissue donation with a willingness to gain knowledge and learn valuable skills and with full training be named as a Person Designate (PD) on our HTA Licence.
Certificates will be requested at interview and during the onboarding process.
Main Duties of the Job
To raise awareness and promote bone donation to patients receiving hip replacement surgery. The successful applicant will work alongside the service manager monitoring all surgery activity, contacting patients via telephone, and meeting face to face to discuss bone donation offering accurate advice, reassurance, and receiving consent. Other duties include handling donated tissues, processing donations, and traceability documentation; attention to detail is a must for this role.
Job Responsibilities
Other duties will include collaborating with colleagues at all levels, and external companies to ensure all surgery requirements are met. Contacting other hospitals or patients in relation to donors' medical history, travel or lifestyle information while maintaining a professional attitude at all times, particularly when dealing with sensitive issues, acting with complete confidentiality. This role has some physical aspects including moving donated tissues from minus 80 freezers, cleaning and defrosting freezers, preparing kits, receiving deliveries, and handling human tissue promptly and safely. Taking part in audits and inspections, carrying out competency assessments with staff involved in the programme.
Person Specification
Experience
* Supervising staff
* Incident reporting and investigating
* Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
* Use of NHS Trust management systems
* PDR with staff including setting objectives, offering feedback, encouragement, and motivation
* Management within a department
Qualifications
* Higher education qualification or evidence of workplace experience that would support this role.
* AMSPAR Medical Terminology
* Evidence of attending any tissue banking related courses
* Leadership and Management qualification
* European Directorate Quality Management (EDQM) participation
* National Institute for Health and Care Research informed consent & remote consent
Knowledge
* Able to influence, communicate and negotiate at all levels and display motivation
* Up to date knowledge in the appropriate field
* Work alone and under pressure
* Understanding of consent
Skills
* Fluent in the use of Microsoft software (Word, Excel, etc.)
* Demonstrable organization skills/priority skill set
* Create service reports
* Minutes of meetings
* Ability to present reports at Divisional meetings
* Able to work alone, lead and deliver to objectives set
* Feel confident to meet and greet internal/external visitors and articulate and promote the tissue bank facility
Additional
* Flexibility and adaptability
* Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary, and without hesitation
* Provide evidence of attendance records.
* Display evidence of flexibility with short notice adapting to service needs.
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.
Job Location
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust Bone and Tissue Bank
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year Per Annum Pro Rata
Contract
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference Number
302-25-6885263SS
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