Associate Medical Director - Donor & Plasma
The purpose of the post is to lead and support the clinical work and goals of the Plasma for Medicine and Donor Medical Teams and provide wider clinical input into the national working of the Transfusion, Blood Supply, and Donor Experience Directorates. The incumbent will be a member of the Transfusion Senior Leadership and Management Team and will have demonstrable clinical leadership and management skills.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will:
* Be part of the team of health care professionals providing and leading clinical services to blood donors and blood components, primarily in the Blood Supply and Plasma Directorates and also nationally with the devolved UK blood services.
* Contribute to the education strategy, development and oversight of the Specialty and Associate Specialist (SAS) doctors in the Donor Medicine team.
* Make an active contribution to the development of national clinical policy in respect of donor health and donor selection guidance.
* Make an active contribution to blood component development and guidelines at a national level.
* Make an active contribution to the development of new plasma for medicine products, advise on red cell Immuno-haematology strategy in donor blood typing and advise on appropriate blood and plasma products for clinical practice.
* Participate in the high-level medical director on-call rota including out of hours.
* Organise/participate in teaching and training for the multidisciplinary team of medical trainees, postgraduate doctors, nurses, and scientific staff.
* Understand the NHSBT Clinical Governance frameworks and ensure that they are adhered to in all the clinical areas for which they have responsibility.
* Participate in Continuing Professional Development and contribute to and, where appropriate, take the lead in a systematic programme of clinical audit, including regionally and nationally.
About us
It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you'll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary - donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too.
Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.
This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Wednesday 16th Oct 2024.
Interviews are anticipated to be held on Thursday 31st Oct – subject to confirmation.
For informal enquiries please contact – Medical Coordinator Office MedicalBusinessCoordinator@nhsbt.nhs.uk.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within six months of interview).
* Applicants that are UK trained must also be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
* Applicants that are non-UK trained will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.
Experience
* Training and experience equivalent to that required for entry to the specialist register.
* Broad knowledge of general medicine.
* Experience of clinical audit.
* Experience/Interest in Haematology & Transfusion Medicine.
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.
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