Blood Components Logistics Specialist

UHS; Southampton; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working environment

Job summary

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Laboratory/Transfusion Support role within the blood transfusion service. The successful candidate will ensure the cold chain, accurately log stock in LIMS, and assist with packing and delivering components to clinical areas and satellite banks.

Role requires routine visits to satellite banks, alarm monitoring, daily data submissions, and patient communications where applicable.

Responsibilities

• Receive blood components and products into the laboratory ensuring the cold chain remains intact and escalate issues to the registered healthcare scientist.
• Enter blood components and products into stock using the Laboratory Information System (LIMS).
• Pack and transport blood and blood products from the laboratory to clinical areas and satellite blood fridges using the electronic blood management system.
• Prioritise delivery of components to clinical areas based on urgency.
• Periodically visit satellite blood banks on the SGH and PAH sites and return unused blood to the laboratory.
• Maintain all UHS blood component storage facilities including cleaning and checking local and remote alarm systems.
• Collect blood and blood products from NHSBT including urgent ad hoc collections.
• Elevate alarms and warnings generated by the electronic blood management system to a registered healthcare scientist.
• Complete daily data submissions for blood component stock and wastage to NHSBT via the Vanesa platform.
• Using templates from Charts issue letters to patients offering fetal RhD screening.

Job description

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Laboratory/Transfusion Support role within the blood transfusion service. The successful candidate will ensure the cold chain, accurately log stock in LIMS, and assist with packing and delivering components to clinical areas and satellite banks.

Role requires routine visits to satellite banks, alarm monitoring, daily data submissions, and patient communications where applicable.