Team Leader - Blood Transfusion

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Team Leader in Blood Transfusion. The role involves delivering safe transfusion services, managing laboratory areas, and training staff. Candidates must be HCPC registered Biomedical Scientists with an MSc in Blood Transfusion or Haematology. This full-time, permanent position promises opportunities for career development while impacting patient care significantly.

Benefits

Varied development opportunities

Access to training and new skills

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist.
• Must provide proof of qualification/MSc module information prior to interview.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe transfusion services across sites.
• Supervise laboratory areas for quality service.
• Train and develop staff.
• Participate in senior management meetings.
• Fulfill recommendations of NHSBT Patient blood management team.

Skills

Communication skills

Training and development

Education

MSc in Blood Transfusion or Haematology

Job description

Overview

Are you looking to move on from working ‘out of hours’ and to progress to a Team Leader position in Blood Transfusion?

Royal Preston Blood Transfusion is a highly advanced UKAS accredited laboratory offering remote release refrigerators in all main areas, supported by the Haemonetics Blood Tracking solution. In addition we operate a bespoke Blood Transfusion LIMS with full electronic product fating, full ward patient lookup including sample validity, e-issue suitability and issued products with location. This dramatically cuts down on telephone enquiries, paperwork and departmental disruption.

The department is fully automated with three well established Biorad IH-1000 immuno-haematology analysers.

Responsibilities

• Work in tandem with the Transfusion practitioners and blood safety co-ordinator to deliver safe transfusion services across sites.
• Support the team in the day to day organisation, management and supervision of laboratory areas to ensure delivery of a timely, quality service.
• Take an active role in the training and development of staff and to have good communication skills.
• Participate in the Senior management meetings to understand and support delivery of the operational services as well as deputise in the absence of the Lead BMS and other Team Leaders.
• Enable the Trust to improve safety and effectiveness in the practice of Blood transfusion by fulfilling the recommendations of the NHSBT Patient blood management team (including HSC 2007/001 "Better Blood Transfusion").

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Biomedical Scientist and should hold an MSc qualification in Blood Transfusion or Haematology (you will be required to provide proof of qualification/MSc module information prior to interview).

Requirements/Regulatory

You will ensure that legal requirements of the Blood Safety & Quality Regulations S1 2005/50 are adhered to along with standards set by the CQC, UKAS, NICE & MHRA are achieved by the Trust in relation to Blood Transfusion.

Role Details

This is a full time, permanent post working across both sites.

About Working Here

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jerjis Jeewa, Job title: Lead BMS Blood Sciences, Email: [e-mail], Telephone: [phone]