Band 8a Lead Biomedical Scientist

National health service; Witham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Health Service seeks an experienced leader to manage the Blood Transfusion Department, coordinating staff and resources to deliver high-quality transfusion services across the trust. You will ensure adherence to national policies and regulatory standards while driving continuous improvement and staff development.

With direct line management responsibility, you will guide the team to meet MHRA, ISO15189, and SHOT standards, fostering a culture of patient safety and clinical

Qualifications

• State registered with HCPC with a Master's degree or equivalent.
• Evidence of CPD and ongoing professional development.
• Experience leading Haematology/Blood Transfusion teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage the transfusion laboratory service and lead a team of Biomedical Scientists and support staff.
• Ensure local and national policies are implemented for blood transfusion practice.
• Coordinate, develop and transform efficiency and quality, in line with MHRA/ISO15189/SHOT requirements.

Skills

Team leadership

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

HCPC registration

IBMS membership

Job description

Role Summary

You will need to be enthusiastic in sharing our vision of a high-quality transfusion service at BHR with the potential to be part of a Pathology network. The applicant must be suitably qualified and highly experienced in Blood Transfusion sciences.

The role is to provide management for the Blood Transfusion Department, working closely with the Head of Department to coordinate, develop and transform the efficiency and quality of the Blood Transfusion service. You will have direct line management responsibility for staff that work within the Blood Transfusion Department and lead the team in meeting both regulatory, including the EU Directive on Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005 (MHRA), UKAS ISO15189 accreditation and SHOT standards and requirements.

Main duties of the job

To manage the transfusion laboratory Service at the trust. To supervise the technical work and lead a team of Biomedical Scientists and support staff to provide a high quality, efficient and effective service which supports the objectives of patient care and resource management within the hospital. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that all local and national policies relating to blood transfusion practice are implemented and observed by all staff.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the 35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

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.

Qualifications and mandatory

Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Person Specification

• Education/Qualifications Essential State registered with HCPC Master's degree or equivalent
• Desirable Management qualification
• Evidence of CPD.
• Current IBMS membership
• Experience/Knowledge Essential Broad post HCPC registration experience.
• Previous supervisory experience as Senior in Haematology/Blood Transfusion
• Comprehensive up-to-date knowledge of Blood Transfusion.
• Desirable Previous management experience as Lead in Blood Transfusion.