Blood Production Officer (known as HHTO)

Blood Production Officer (known as HHTO)

Job Summary: Your essential role in the processing, testing, storing and distribution of blood and blood products will directly contribute to saving and improving patients' lives. We will provide you with an extensive induction and training programme and ongoing development to support you in your role and achieving your career ambitions. Please note, following changes to UK immigration policy from April 4th, this vacancy will no longer be eligible for Visa Sponsorship. Please do not apply unless you believe you have another means of establishing a right to work. This vacancy may close sooner than the advertised deadline if we receive a high volume of applications, so we recommend applying early.

Main Duties of the Job

You will be required to perform a range of routine and non-routine tasks for issuing to hospitals the blood donations from our donors, with the support of your supervisor and other team members. You will be responsible for supporting and training less experienced staff. You will undertake precise repetitive manipulation of equipment and blood samples/donations and carry out routine tasks on a regular basis. You will handle blood bags and a range of equipment. The role will require you to work variable hours and days, including weekends and bank holidays as per the roster within the department (unless otherwise rostered within the shift agreement) with appropriate notice. You will manually handle equipment on a daily basis weighing up to 13 kgs, with or without mechanical aids, with appropriate training. A variety of working patterns are available across our day, evening and night shifts; part-time working will be considered.

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 across the UK. We play a unique role in the NHS by helping people donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are Caring, Expert, and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. We positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Job Responsibilities

Please view the attached recruitment profile, which summarizes 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Level 3 qualification e.g. A Levels OR National Diploma in a relevant subject area OR extensive experience of working in a manufacturing, logistics or supply chain environment.
• Willingness to undertake further training and development.

Experience

• Experience of working with Information Technology such as Microsoft Office.

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.