Senior Sister / Senior Charge Nurse

NHS Blood and Transplant; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Blood and Transplant in the United Kingdom is seeking a capable Donor Care Team Leader to drive high standards of care for donors and ensure the safe collection of blood products. You will lead Donor Carers and Supervisors, plan sessions with stakeholders, and uphold governance requirements.

The role may require variable hours including evenings and weekends, with no night shifts. The successful candidate will receive induction and ongoing development to strengthen leadership and management

Qualifications

• Experience leading a clinical or care team.
• Ability to manage donor care and ensure safety.
• Experience coordinating sessions and resource planning.
• Willingness to work variable hours including evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Taking clinical accountability and operational responsibility for ensuring the safe collection of blood products.
• Leading by example, promoting our core values and delivering an excellent donation experience.
• Overseeing the competency and skills of your team and yourself.
• Motivating your team to promote continuous improvement and staff development.
• Collaborating with a range of stakeholders to effectively plan and resource blood collection sessions.
• You may be required to work variable hours and cover blood collection sessions as needed. Evenings and weekends may be required; night shifts are not.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Donor care

Governance

Stakeholder planning

Job description

Leading your team in a fast moving and variable environment this essential role in the collection of blood and blood products will directly contribute to the saving and improving of patients lives. Our donors are very special people and it is your job to make sure they feel safe, special and well cared for, creating an experience that they will want to return to time and time again. Without our donors we cannot ensure and deliver a safe and sufficient blood supply to hospitals. Your work links directly to saving and improving patients lives every day. Your leadership skills are key to ensuring the blood your team collects is safe for the patient and the giving of their donation safe for the donors; a unique challenge. As part of the selection process you will be invited to attend a Blood Donation Session / Clinic, so that you can gain an understanding of the requirements of this essential role You will undertake an extensive induction and training programme, with ongoing assessment, and receive ongoing development to support you in your role and to develop your leadership and management skills., You will lead, manage and motivate a team of Donor Carers, Donor Care Supervisor(s) and Sister/Charge Nurses to deliver and maintain high standards of care to our donors and to meet our regulatory and governance requirements. Your duties will include:-

• Taking clinical accountability and operational responsibility for ensuring the safe collection of blood products.
• Leading by example, promoting our core values and behaviours to deliver an excellent donation experience.
• Overseeing and maintaining the competency and skills of your team and yourself.
• Motivating your team to promote continuous improvement and staff development.
• Collaborating with a range of stakeholders to effectively plan and resource blood collection sessions.
• You may be required to work variable hours and cover blood collection sessions as needed. This may include evenings, weekends and bank holidays. Night shifts are not required in this role.
  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.

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