Blood Transfusion Network Lead | St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

st georges nhs trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in South West London is seeking a Blood Transfusion Network Lead to oversee laboratory services across multiple hospitals. This senior role involves ensuring compliance with quality standards and managing a large team effectively. Candidates should have extensive experience in Blood Transfusion management and demonstrated financial acumen. The position is based at St Georges with a requirement to be present across all sites.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing a large diagnostic Blood Transfusion department.
• In-depth knowledge of Blood Transfusion laboratory procedures and guidelines.
• Extensive experience in leading Blood Transfusion laboratories.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Blood Transfusion Laboratory service across multiple hospitals.
• Ensure high-quality care and compliance with MHRA and UKAS standards.
• Act as accountable Lead for the service across the network.

Skills

People management skills

Budget management

Technical knowledge in Blood Transfusion

HR management experience

Tools

Winpath LIMS

Telepath LIMS

Immucor Analysers

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Blood Transfusion Network Lead in South West London pathology (SWLP), to lead and develop the Blood Transfusion Laboratory service across the network which consists of St Georges, Kingston, Croydon, St Helier and Epsom hospitals.

The post-holder will work to ensure the delivery of high-quality care and continue to meet all key performance and financial targets. Whilst support will be provided, you will need to have proven experience of managing a large diagnostic Blood Transfusion department, have in-depth knowledge across a range of Blood Transfusion laboratory procedures and Guidelines, excellent people management skills and a good understanding of financial principles. Continuous professional development (CPD) will be encouraged.

The successful candidate will be a self-motivated, enthusiastic and dynamic leader responsible for directly managing the Blood Transfusion laboratories at all sites, ensuring that a quality service is provided in all areas this includes ensuring safe compliance with MHRA and UKAS standards, delivery of all KPI's (including supplier contractors), turnaround times and Quality targets.

The role will require extensive experience in leading Blood Transfusion laboratories with evidence of good technical knowledge, effective budget management and senior HR management experience.

The post holder will act as the accountable Lead for the service across the network working closely with the Clinical Blood Science (CBS) Site Managers at St Georges, St Helier, Kingston, Croydon and Epsom.

There will be focus on the harmonisation of processes across the network as we are currently implementing standardized technology and LIMS on all sites.

This post is based at the St Georges site with an expectation of ongoing presence at all sites. It is a senior manager role within the Division of Clinical Blood Sciences (CBS) reporting directly to the CBS General Manager.

South West London Pathology is an award winning pathology partnership between four leading Hospital Trusts – St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Epsom and St Helier University Hospital Trust and Croydon Health Services NHS Trust – designed to provide an integrated, high quality pathology service for hospitals and GPs across South West London, by bringing together the best of each Trust’s service and providing them within a single organisation.

The Blood Sciences department on each of the sites operates a 24hr shift system providing cover to busy ED and other acute services. The department supports a range of medical specialities including ED, ITU, Maternity, Paediatrics, South West Thames Renal and transplantation service, Community and GP services and the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre acute services as well as providing Regional Newborn Screening Service. Our busy Blood Transfusion Laboratories are fully equipped with Immucor Analysers and utilise Winpath and Telepath LIMS. Blood Track provides Blood and Blood Component tracking.

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements.

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.

This advert closes on Thursday 20 Nov 2025