Job summary
Applications are invited from HCPC Registered Scientists with at least 5 years post registration experience and hold an IBMS accredited MSc, FIBMS or equivalent qualification specialising in Transfusion Science. We are looking for an enthusiastic, friendly and motivated individual to provide professional leadership and line management for a team of Biomedical Scientists and support staff. They will also be required participate in the day to day operational laboratory work and oversee staff training and competency. This is a rare opportunity as the work undertaken in the Blood Transfusion section includes hospital blood banking alongside blood donation processing and testing for the Jersey Blood Service. Knowledge of GMP, BSQR and ISO15189 are key requirements for this role.
Main duties of the job
Lead a team of specialist biomedical scientists and support staff applying advanced scientific knowledge, methods and technology to the investigation of blood samples, to guide the clinical diagnosis and management of disease and to ensure the safety of the islands blood supply, to the benefit of islanders health.
About us
Whatever you want from your career, you have the scope to find it here. We foster a work approach based on mutual support and collaboration, where everyone feels empowered to empower others. Youll find countless opportunities to learn, develop and grow a rewarding career where we recognises the importance of your personal and professional well-being. Across the Jersey public service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wider range of opportunities to work with recognised experts across teams, learn new skills and develop their careers. We actively look to recruit people from different backgrounds, with diverse perspectives. This creates a richer, more varied environment, where youre exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking and new opportunities, so you can develop an exciting and rewarding career.
Jersey is just 14 miles (20 km) from the west coast of France and 85 miles (137 km) from the south coast of England. The island is easy to get to from the UK and mainland Europe. There are up to 40 daily flights in and out of the island.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Statutory Responsibilities
Active engagement, participation and compliance with any other statutory responsibilities applicable to the role, as amended from time to time.
Job Specific Outcomes
- Lead a team performing a broad range of blood transfusion laboratory analyses on patients and donors blood samples, giving advice on appropriate techniques, to guide and contribute to clinical diagnoses, treatments and the evaluation of the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions.
Manage the blood transfusion/ donation processing and testing workload, through good teamwork to ensure urgent clinical needs and agreed turnaround times are met and aligned to good manufacturing and transfusion best practice.
Responsible for ensuring the personnel directly involved in the testing storage, distribution and issue of human blood and blood components are qualified to perform those tasks and are given timely, relevant and regular training and competency assessment.
Responsible for ensuring serious adverse event relating to the testing, storage and distribution of blood and blood components or serious adverse reactions observed during or after transfusion are investigated and reported in compliance with BSQR 2005 and local procedures. Maintain the procedure for the withdrawal and disposal of unsafe blood and blood components associated with product recall.
Ensure a record of full traceability of blood and blood components is maintained from the point of blood collection (Jersey donations) or receipt of UK units into the hospital blood bank to the point of transfusion into the patient.
Oversee instrumentation and procedures, researching and investigating latest techniques, verifying techniques, ensuring the laboratory repertoire remains current and that results of investigations meet quality acceptance criteria and the principles of good laboratory practice.
Delegate effectively to specialist biomedical scientists the roles for specific areas of responsibility, such as health and safety, audit, supplier management, or introduction and verification of new scientific techniques.
Give advice on guidelines and techniques, appropriate specimens and examinations, to manage users expectations and to collaborate on new service developments, networking with other healthcare professions on and off island.
Coordinate and manage internal and external quality assurance schemes, lead on internal audit and external accreditation, giving assurance to service users that the quality of laboratory work can be relied upon.
Participate in the writing and review of quality management and operational documentation, the verification and control of procedural change, and accurate record keeping of scientific investigations to demonstrate commitment to quality and assurance.
Maintain the data needed to ensure full traceability of blood and blood components from the point of blood collection (Jersey bled units) or receipt of UK units into the hospital blood bank to the point of transfusion into the patient.
Provide HR and people management functions for the staff they line manage.
As one of the Blood Sciences Team Managers provide managerial cover in the absence of one of the other section managers or the Laboratory Manager for Blood Sciences.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Statutory Responsibilities
Active engagement, participation and compliance with any other statutory responsibilities applicable to the role, as amended from time to time.
Job Specific Outcomes
- Lead a team performing a broad range of blood transfusion laboratory analyses on patients and donors blood samples, giving advice on appropriate techniques, to guide and contribute to clinical diagnoses, treatments and the evaluation of the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions.
Manage the blood transfusion/ donation processing and testing workload, through good teamwork to ensure urgent clinical needs and agreed turnaround times are met and aligned to good manufacturing and transfusion best practice.
Responsible for ensuring the personnel directly involved in the testing storage, distribution and issue of human blood and blood components are qualified to perform those tasks and are given timely, relevant and regular training and competency assessment.
Responsible for ensuring serious adverse event relating to the testing, storage and distribution of blood and blood components or serious adverse reactions observed during or after transfusion are investigated and reported in compliance with BSQR 2005 and local procedures. Maintain the procedure for the withdrawal and disposal of unsafe blood and blood components associated with product recall.
Ensure a record of full traceability of blood and blood components is maintained from the point of blood collection (Jersey donations) or receipt of UK units into the hospital blood bank to the point of transfusion into the patient.
Oversee instrumentation and procedures, researching and investigating latest techniques, verifying techniques, ensuring the laboratory repertoire remains current and that results of investigations meet quality acceptance criteria and the principles of good laboratory practice.
Delegate effectively to specialist biomedical scientists the roles for specific areas of responsibility, such as health and safety, audit, supplier management, or introduction and verification of new scientific techniques.
Give advice on guidelines and techniques, appropriate specimens and examinations, to manage users expectations and to collaborate on new service developments, networking with other healthcare professions on and off island.
Coordinate and manage internal and external quality assurance schemes, lead on internal audit and external accreditation, giving assurance to service users that the quality of laboratory work can be relied upon.
Participate in the writing and review of quality management and operational documentation, the verification and control of procedural change, and accurate record keeping of scientific investigations to demonstrate commitment to quality and assurance.
Maintain the data needed to ensure full traceability of blood and blood components from the point of blood collection (Jersey bled units) or receipt of UK units into the hospital blood bank to the point of transfusion into the patient.
Provide HR and people management functions for the staff they line manage.
As one of the Blood Sciences Team Managers provide managerial cover in the absence of one of the other section managers or the Laboratory Manager for Blood Sciences.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MSc in transfusion science, accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS)
- IBMS Higher Specialist Diploma in transfusion science
- - Fellowship of the IBMS by a route demonstrably relevant transfusion science
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- AND
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- - Registered with the HCPC and the Jersey Care Commission as a biomedical scientist
Desirable
- One or more of the following:
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- - Post Graduate management qualification
- - IBMS certificate of expert practice in Leadership
- - IBMS certificate of expert practice in quality management
- - IBMS certificate of expert practice in training
- - Relevant information technology qualification or certificate
- - Job-related mandatory training in health and safety, data security and safeguarding
Experience
Essential
- - Able to conduct highly specialist diagnostic laboratory investigations to reproducible standards in transfusion
- - Able to demonstrate proficiency in specialist practical skills (e.g. examining blood films, identifying alloantibodies, investigating haemostasis anomalies etc.)
- - Able to operate laboratory equipment in haematology and transfusion
- - Able to work with accuracy and precision in conformance with standard operating procedures
- - Able to authorise laboratory work according to predetermined quality standards
- - Able to train and assess the competence of others
- - Able to adapt practice to new developments through change control and verification processes
- - Able to analyse and critically evaluate information
- - Demonstrate a logical and systematic approach to problem solving
- - Able to use appropriate information and communication technologies including laboratory information management systems
- - Excellent verbal and written skills including report writing
- - Ability to work to deadlines
- - Ability to work under own initiative
- - Experience of working as an autonomous specialist practitioner in a relevant setting, acquired over approximately six years
- - Evidence of continuing professional development that conforms to HCPC standards
Desirable
- - Working knowledge of blood component manufacturing and experience of working in a blood establishment
- - Experience of leading supervising and motivating a team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MSc in transfusion science, accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS)
- IBMS Higher Specialist Diploma in transfusion science
- - Fellowship of the IBMS by a route demonstrably relevant transfusion science
-
- AND
-
- - Registered with the HCPC and the Jersey Care Commission as a biomedical scientist
Desirable
- One or more of the following:
-
- - Post Graduate management qualification
- - IBMS certificate of expert practice in Leadership
- - IBMS certificate of expert practice in quality management
- - IBMS certificate of expert practice in training
- - Relevant information technology qualification or certificate
- - Job-related mandatory training in health and safety, data security and safeguarding
Experience
Essential
- - Able to conduct highly specialist diagnostic laboratory investigations to reproducible standards in transfusion
- - Able to demonstrate proficiency in specialist practical skills (e.g. examining blood films, identifying alloantibodies, investigating haemostasis anomalies etc.)
- - Able to operate laboratory equipment in haematology and transfusion
- - Able to work with accuracy and precision in conformance with standard operating procedures
- - Able to authorise laboratory work according to predetermined quality standards
- - Able to train and assess the competence of others
- - Able to adapt practice to new developments through change control and verification processes
- - Able to analyse and critically evaluate information
- - Demonstrate a logical and systematic approach to problem solving
- - Able to use appropriate information and communication technologies including laboratory information management systems
- - Excellent verbal and written skills including report writing
- - Ability to work to deadlines
- - Ability to work under own initiative
- - Experience of working as an autonomous specialist practitioner in a relevant setting, acquired over approximately six years
- - Evidence of continuing professional development that conforms to HCPC standards
Desirable
- - Working knowledge of blood component manufacturing and experience of working in a blood establishment
- - Experience of leading supervising and motivating a team
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Health and Community Services
Address
Government Of Jersey
19-21 Broad Street
St. Helier
Jersey
Channel Islands
JE2 3RR
Employer's website
https://www.gov.je (Opens in a new tab)