Donor Centre Nurse Manager

NHS Blood and Transplant; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a highly motivated Nurse Leader to manage a multi-disciplinary Donor Centre team in Nottingham. This role involves providing expert leadership to ensure high-quality donor experiences and regulatory compliance. The successful candidate will have a strong background in nursing, proven leadership skills, and will help drive performance across operational targets. This opportunity offers a collaborative work environment that champions continuous learning and development.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

NHS pension scheme

Flexible working opportunities

Thrive program for personal and professional growth

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate commitment to Continued Professional Development (CPD).
• Experience as a supervisor/leader in a clinical or regulated environment.
• Experience of leading a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a multi-disciplinary team delivering safe blood components.
• Collaborate with Hospital Services to ensure supply sufficiency.
• Deliver a positive donor experience while ensuring safety.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team Management

Continuous Improvement

Education

Registered Nurse with current NMC registration

Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

This role is critical to our future success and is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced nurse with a proven track record of leadership.Working closely with the Area Manager, you will provide highly visible, confident and expert leadership and management to your multi-disciplinary Donor Centre team. You will lead from the front; ensuring that high quality, safe and effective care is provided by your team at all times. You will need to juggle management and clinical priorities, ensuring the smooth running of the team and whilst being accountable for the balanced delivery of high performance across operational targets, clinical standards and regulatory compliance.You will have the time to work alongside your team and act as a role model, demonstrating what it takes to deliver great donor experience and customer care whilst maintaining donor and product safety. You will achieve high performance through inspirational, effective leadership and performance management. Your excellent communication skills and clarity of vision will allow you to create a culture of continuous improvement amongst your team.

Main duties of the job

You will confidently lead and manage a multi disciplinary team whose purpose is to efficiently and safely deliver sufficient blood and blood components to meet patient demandsYou will work collaboratively with Hospital Services, Manufacturing and Testing Departments to ensure sufficiency of supply to hospitalsYou will be responsible for delivering a positive donor experience whilst maintaining donor and product safety and regulatory complianceYou will be an inspirational and engaging leader, committed to achieving key performance targetsYou will be required to travel and spend time away from base, which will involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll 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

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.

What we offer:

• NHSBT promotes flexible working opportunities where the role will allow.
• 27 days annual leave (pro rata for part-time) plus Bank Holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years’ service and to 33 days after 10 years.
• 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
• 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration (which must be maintained) as Registered Nurse Adult
• Demonstrates commitment to own Continued Professional Development (CPD

Experience

• Experience as a supervisor / leader in a clinical or regulated environment at a senior level, delivering organisational objectives
• Experience of leading a team of multi disciplinary staff
• Understanding of working with budgets and use of financial/activity information
• Experience of presenting educational materials
• Experience of working with customers/donors and satisfaction initiatives
• Experience of audit / clinical audit
• Experience of working with information technology using Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint), or equivalent Systems

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.