Job summary
Provide specialist blood transfusion advice as a clinical specialist to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients /clients and relatives/carers in collaboration with the multi professional team, in line with the local and national targets. The post holder will work as a member of the Hospital Transfusion Team (HTT) and in conjunction with the Hospital Transfusion Group (HTG). They will work trust wide, utilising their extensive knowledge and skill base to provide specialist/technical support, assessing quality of clinical service and other practice learning environments, propose and deliver interventions for improvement. The Transfusion Practitioner (TP) assists the Site Lead Transfusion Practitioner in providing clinical leadership and management support, developing, and evaluating best practice Trust Wide. The post-holder will deputise for the Transfusion Practitioner Site Leads as required, in implementing the requirements derived from the Department of Health circulars. They will also liaise and maintain links with educational bodies to support practice education.
Main duties of the job
We have an exciting opportunity for a Transfusion Practitioner to join our team working at University Hospitals Birmingham.
You will be key in ensuring the safety of patients undergoing blood transfusion. You'll have the chance to work not only across our hospitals, but in renal dialysis units, hospices, and some of our neighbouring sites, including the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital.
You'll be a great fit for this role if you:
*Are a registered nurse, midwife, biomedical scientist, or operating department practitioner
*Have UK experience with blood transfusions working in either:
oA ward or in theatres where you have administered blood transfusions
oA transfusion laboratory (blood bank)
*Have a passion for making improvements based on findings from investigating incidents and completing audits, and implementing these through teaching and training, and producing educational materials.
As this role is supporting staff rather than caring for patients or working in the laboratory, we recognise that many of our tasks you are not likely to have experienced before, as such you will be working with experienced practitioners and will have the opportunity to develop new skills and knowledge working in this multidisciplinary team.
For more information on the role, and to apply,
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nurse/MW: Current NMC registration
- BMS: HCPC registration as a Biomedical Scientist with a specialist portfolio in relevant area or equivalent experience
- ODP: HCPC registration as an Operating department practitioner
- All: BSc in relevant subject or equivalent experience in a relevant area and evidence of study at level 5
- *Evidence of post registration/qualification professional development
Desirable
- *Recognised Teaching qualification
- *Health Management / Care or Leadership Degree
Experience
Essential
- *Recent experience of working in an acute health care provider
- *Broad experience of transfusion in a clinical or laboratory setting
- *Audit and quality assurance experience
- *Experienced team member working in a multidisciplinary environment with established supervisory/team or shift leadership skills.
- *Experience in learning from incidents/complaints and supporting changes in practice.
- *Ability to demonstrate an understanding of blood/laboratory management systems.
- *Ability to interpret blood results/diagnostic laboratory results.
- *Knowledge of UK blood transfusion practice, laws and guidelines
- *Knowledge of Clinical Governance, audit, risk and compliance management and Health & Safety regulations
- *Demonstrate ability, experience, passion in the following:
- oLeadership
- oManaging resources
- oTime management
- oRole modelling
- oChange management/clinical developments
- oClinical governance
- NHS Policy and political awareness
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- *Approachable and friendly
- *Good command of spoken and written English
- *Confident in working across professional and organisational boundaries with a range of health care professionals.
- *Ability to work the hours required flexibly.
- *Willingness to work across all trust sites.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nurse/MW: Current NMC registration
- BMS: HCPC registration as a Biomedical Scientist with a specialist portfolio in relevant area or equivalent experience
- ODP: HCPC registration as an Operating department practitioner
- All: BSc in relevant subject or equivalent experience in a relevant area and evidence of study at level 5
- *Evidence of post registration/qualification professional development
Desirable
- *Recognised Teaching qualification
- *Health Management / Care or Leadership Degree
Experience
Essential
- *Recent experience of working in an acute health care provider
- *Broad experience of transfusion in a clinical or laboratory setting
- *Audit and quality assurance experience
- *Experienced team member working in a multidisciplinary environment with established supervisory/team or shift leadership skills.
- *Experience in learning from incidents/complaints and supporting changes in practice.
- *Ability to demonstrate an understanding of blood/laboratory management systems.
- *Ability to interpret blood results/diagnostic laboratory results.
- *Knowledge of UK blood transfusion practice, laws and guidelines
- *Knowledge of Clinical Governance, audit, risk and compliance management and Health & Safety regulations
- *Demonstrate ability, experience, passion in the following:
- oLeadership
- oManaging resources
- oTime management
- oRole modelling
- oChange management/clinical developments
- oClinical governance
- NHS Policy and political awareness
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Positive and enthusiastic attitude
- *Approachable and friendly
- *Good command of spoken and written English
- *Confident in working across professional and organisational boundaries with a range of health care professionals.
- *Ability to work the hours required flexibly.
- *Willingness to work across all trust sites.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
