Job summary
The post holder is expected to work as part of a team within the Transfusion Laboratory. After training they will be required to: -
Carry out basic blood transfusion traceability procedures and provide support to the Transfusion Practitioners to ensure the quality management system for the hospital transfusion laboratory starts from the receipt of the blood from the blood centre to the time the unit is transfused or otherwise disposed of.
The post holder will at all times promote GDP (Good Distribution Practice) which requires us to "ensure that storage conditions are observed at all times, including during transportation."
Concentration and attention to detail and the ability to be WARM (Work Accurately Reduce Mistakes) are essential to these processes and form the greater part of the working day.
Main duties of the job
Booking requests for and blood group and antibody screen, requests for blood products, haemolytic disease of the new-born and batch products. Also, to deal with any specimen rejections and to alert the BMS team of any urgent or complex requests.
Deal with any telephone queries in blood transfusion
To process samples received in the laboratory for group and antibody screening on the automated grouping analysers which will include topping up of consumables, maintenance, running quality control (letting the BMS know when the results need to be accepted), quality assurance and troubleshooting in the event of unexpected errors.
To check outstanding lists for blood transfusion tests and chase up results which fall outside of the departmental stated TATs
Temperature probe testing to support cold chain officer or cover of their absence.
Receipt of blood products, batch products and stock rotation.
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see full list of tasks and responsibilities in the attached Job Descrption and Personal Specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see full list of tasks and responsibilities in the attached Job Descrption and Personal Specification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE or equivalent qualification in Maths grade C or above
- GCSE or equivalent qualification in English grade C or above
Desirable
- GCSE or equivalent qualification grade A-C in 5 subjects
Management
Essential
- Candidate should detail experience gained with supervising other staff
- Candidates should demonstrate, giving appropriate examples, how they are able to prioritise and organise their work
- Candidates should detail experienced gained with training other staff
Communication skills
Essential
- Candidates must demonstrate a good standard of written communication. Details must be presented in a logical chronological order with appropriate use of paragraphs, capital letters and punctuation.
Desirable
- Candidate should detail any experience with writing reports, standard operating procedures or similar.
Experience
Desirable
- Experience in an NHS laboratory working with scientific instrumentation in sample analysis
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE or equivalent qualification in Maths grade C or above
- GCSE or equivalent qualification in English grade C or above
Desirable
- GCSE or equivalent qualification grade A-C in 5 subjects
Management
Essential
- Candidate should detail experience gained with supervising other staff
- Candidates should demonstrate, giving appropriate examples, how they are able to prioritise and organise their work
- Candidates should detail experienced gained with training other staff
Communication skills
Essential
- Candidates must demonstrate a good standard of written communication. Details must be presented in a logical chronological order with appropriate use of paragraphs, capital letters and punctuation.
Desirable
- Candidate should detail any experience with writing reports, standard operating procedures or similar.
Experience
Desirable
- Experience in an NHS laboratory working with scientific instrumentation in sample analysis
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).
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).
