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Are you looking to move on from working ‘out of hours’ and to progress to a Band 7 team leader position in Blood Transfusion?
Royal Preston Blood Transfusion is a highly advanced UKAS accredited laboratory offering remote release refrigerators in all main areas, supported by the Haemonetics Blood Tracking solution. In addition, we operate a bespoke Blood Transfusion LIMS with full electronic product tracking, full ward patient lookup including sample validity, e-issue suitability and issued products with location. This dramatically cuts down on telephone enquiries, paperwork and departmental disruption.
The department is also fully automated with three well-established Biorad IH-1000 immuno-haematology analysers.
You will work in tandem with the Transfusion practitioners and blood safety co-ordinator to deliver safe transfusion services across sites.
This is a full-time, permanent post.
Main duties of the job
You will ensure that legal requirements of the Blood Safety & Quality Regulations S1 2005/50 are adhered to along with standards set by the CQC, UKAS, NICE & MHRA are achieved by the Trust in relation to Blood Transfusion.
Working with clinical staff and Transfusion practitioners, you will ensure that blood transfusion is carried out by trained and competent staff and that blood transfusion practice is benchmarked against national standards.
Your duties will include supporting the team in the day-to-day organisation, management and supervision of a laboratory area to ensure delivery of a timely, quality service. You will be expected to take an active role in the training and development of staff and to have good communication skills. You will be expected to participate in the Senior management meetings to understand and support delivery of the operational services as well as deputise in the absence of the Lead BMS and other Team Leaders.
Applicants must be HCPC registered Biomedical scientists and should hold an MSc qualification in Blood Transfusion or Haematology. You will enable the Trust to improve safety and effectiveness in the practice of Blood transfusion by fulfilling the recommendations of the NHSBT Patient blood management team (including HSC 2007/001 "Better Blood Transfusion")
Working for our organisation
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties to include, but not be limited to:
* To provide technical and organisational supervision in the department.
* To supervise and train staff as they rotate through the department.
* To deputise for the Lead BMS as required and other team leader in Haematology as required.
* Performance of specialised investigations and techniques in all areas of the department.
Person specification
Qualifications & Education
* Biomedical sciences (hons) degree or equivalent qualification.
* HCPC registration.
* Specialist portfolio in relevant field (or equivalent).
* MSc in Biomedical Sciences or equivalent qualification.
* Management Qualification.
* Training Qualification.
Knowledge and Experience
* Highly developed technical and scientific skills.
* Experience as a specialist in a clinical pathology laboratory.
* Experience of troubleshooting analytical and technical problems.
* Detailed understanding of quality assurance.
* Good knowledge of health and safety regulations and risk assessments.
* Evidence of highly developed written and oral communication skills in a variety of settings.
* Experience of working within a team.
* Full understanding of the accreditation requirements.
* Quality management experience.
* Proven ability to manage resources effectively.
* In-depth knowledge of relevant equipment.
* Experience of providing training to other staff groups.
Thanks for taking the time to view this advert; we’re looking forward to receiving your application. You should be aware that the vacancy may close earlier than the published date if sufficient applications are received so it would be best to apply as soon as you can. We’ll contact you by e-mail to update you on the progress of your application so please check the e-mail account that you applied from (including spam/junk) regularly.
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, neurodiversity or veteran status are encouraged to apply for this post.
To support you in your application process we’ve created a What we can offer you guide that shows what you can expect when you join our hospitals. The guide includes links to our strategic aims and objectives as well as our values, development support and rewards and benefits.
We recognise that the recruitment process may present barriers for some and you may need personal adjustments to enable you to participate in our recruitment process. Please make contact with the recruitment team at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
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