Donor Carer

NHS; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Milton Keynes is seeking a Donor Carer to join their team. You will be responsible for ensuring a positive experience for donors and performing blood donation. This role offers a comprehensive training program, flexible work hours, and great benefits including an NHS pension. Candidates must have a good standard of numeracy and literacy and hold a valid UK driving license.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

27 days of annual leave plus 8 bank holidays

Access to NHS career pathway

Qualifications

• Good standard of numeracy and literacy.
• Willingness to undertake training and development.
• Experience dealing with the public.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a positive experience for donors throughout their donation.
• Perform venepuncture to collect blood donations.
• Record documentation accurately.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Numeracy and literacy

Education

UK Driving Licence

Skills for Health Care Certificate

Job description

Being part of a proactive professional team and learning new skills.

Working in a fast moving and variable environment, this essential role to undertake blood donations for the production of blood and blood products will directly contribute to the saving and improving of patients lives.

As part of the selection process, if you are shortlisted, you will be invited to attend a Blood Donation Session / Clinic, so that you can gain a more in-depth understanding of the requirements of this role. You will need to attend in person for the session tour and face to face interview.

We'll provide an extensive induction and training programme including the Skills for Health Care Certificate which is recognised as a foundation to healthcare support throughout the NHS.

You will receive ongoing development to support you in your role and achieving your career ambitions.

The role involves working a variety of hours, including evenings, weekends, and bank holidays but no night shifts!

Main duties of the job

As a Donor Carer, you will have the opportunity to learn skills and train to be an essential member of our donor team. You will play a vital role in saving and improving lives on a daily basis in an interesting environment where every day is different.

Your responsibilities will include: -

• Taking part in training to learn how to venepuncture by inserting a needle into a donors arm to achieve a blood donation unit.
• Looking after our donors throughout their donation journey to ensure they have a positive experience and care.
• Loading, unloading, assembling and dismantling equipment to setup and prepare our blood donation session.
• Ensuring all documentation from donors is recorded, keeping accurate records throughout the session.
• Encouraging donors to return by building relationships and delivering an exceptional customer experience.
• Ensuring the safe handling and management of blood products, needles and a range of equipment.
• Driving a 7.5 tonne van and 15-seater minibus as and when required (training and assessment will be provided).

As blood donation takes place in a variety of locations, you will be required to undertake long journeys (sometimes up to 2 hours) in NHSBT vehicles. You will also be required to work variable hours and days, including long days, evenings, weekend and bank holidays with appropriate notice of the rota.

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

As a Donor Carer you'll be a valued and integral part of the blood donation process, in return you will have a long and successful career with the NHS, and gain access to a number of excitingNHS employee benefits.

What we offer you:

• 6-week training period to fully prepare you for your career with us
• Rotas published 6 weeks ahead of time.
• No night shifts.
• Payments for unsociable hours, overtime, meal and driving allowances where applicable.
• NHSBT promotes flexible working opportunities where the role allows.
• 27 days per year plus 8 bank/public holiday. Pro rata if part-time. Leave increases to 29 days after 5 years’ service and 33 days after 10 years’ service.
• An NHS career pathway- we’ve fostered a culture of continuous learning where colleagues are well-led, engaged, and encouraged to grow. We support you in reaching your full potential, both in your current role and future career. Our Thrive program embodies our commitment to learning and development, offering a wide range of activities to support your personal and professional growth. It’s open to everyone at NHSBT, ensuring you have the resources to succeed and shine in your role.
• NHS pension scheme. The NHS Pension Scheme is a defined benefit scheme (not dependent on investment returns) Further details and outline of benefits can be found at: www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/pensions

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Have a good standard of numeracy and literacy.
• Be willing to undertake development and training to upskill yourself including completion of the Skills for Health Care Certificate.
• Hold a valid full UK Driving Licence (Manual) with no more than 6 penalty points (provisional licences will not be accepted)

Experience

• Have experience of dealing with the public.
• Have experience of delivering a quality customer service.
• Be willing to learn new technology skills and undergo digital training.

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.