Development Lead - RCI Transfusion

Integrated Care System; North East; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK seeks a leader for the Transfusion 2024 programme, focusing on improving transfusion services and patient care. The role includes project management and collaboration with service leaders. A HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist is required along with substantial experience in transfusion environments. This is a 6-month fixed-term role with competitive salary offerings.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Experience as a senior biomedical scientist in a relevant laboratory.
• Understanding of transfusion challenges within hospitals.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver T2024 RCI pilots and projects.
• Support translation of deliverables into work plans.
• Collaborate to map out interdependencies and resources.

Skills

Transfusion expertise

Project management

Team leadership

Clinical communication

Education

HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

£55,690 - £62,682 per annum (in accordance with 25/26 pay scales, HCAS where applicable)

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Transfusion 2024 (T2024) programme team as a secondment/fixed term role.

The Transfusion 2024 strategic plan outlined key priorities to improve clinical and laboratory transfusion practice, NHSBT has commenced a programme of change to deliver specific objectives.

We are looking for an ambitious leader who will use their transfusion expertise to develop, establish and deliver projects supporting the integration of Red Cell Immunohaematology (RCI) services in hospitals. It is an opportunity to work across national frameworks, gaining strategic experience in a programme that will expand your knowledge and skills.

You will work closely with service leaders to plan improvements that will make a difference to patient care; digital developments will be a key enabler for this change.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will play a key role in supporting Red Cell Immunohaematologys (RCI) objectives detailed in NHSBTs Transfusion 2024 plan. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and delivering T2024 RCI pilots and projects, addressing standardisation, new ways of working, introduction of new technology, service development and performance management, to better integrate RCI service users.
• Supporting the translation of the T2024 RCI deliverables into a workplan with key performance indicators and, ensuring milestones are defined and delivered.
• Leading, motivating, and influencing colleagues actively participating in change programmes and projects, encouraging team building at all levels.
• Developing and delivering appropriate documentation to support the change, for example, service specifications, standard operating procedures, quality plans.
• Collaborating with the team to map out complex interdependencies, resources requirements, risks and assumptions.
• Working with internal colleagues and external suppliers in creating new systems of data flows between NHSBT and hospitals.

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

6 months fixed term opportunity

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 Thursday 7th Aug 2025.

Interviews are anticipated to be held week of 18th Aug 2025 subject to confirmation

For informal enquiries please contact: Louise Sherliker, Programme Director at [e-mail].

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) registered Biomedical Scientist, which must be retained in the role.
• Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD).

Experience

• Have an understanding of transfusion issues within hospitals and the challenges facing the transfusion environment.
• Experience of producing clinical and/or scientific material and ability to present it verbally and in writing.
• Experience and competence working with PC and mainframe computer based packages such as MS Office Suite.
• Experience as a senior biomedical scientist in a laboratory relevant to the role.
• Experienced in managing projects and delivering change.

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.