Senior Healthcare Technical Officer (SHTO)

Job summary

The International Blood Group Reference Laboratory (IBGRL) sits within NHSBT. The Red Cell Reference (RCR) department of IBGRL provides an internationally renowned immunohaematology reference service for NHSBT and the international transfusion community. We are looking to recruit a pro-active, enthusiastic and highly motivated SHTO to work with an enthusiastic and dedicated team, including clinical and biomedical scientists, providing a range of serological testing to screen donors for rare blood groups. Your work will include confirming these rarities and will directly contribute to saving and improving patients lives. You will also take a supporting role in developing the Rare Donor Screening program to ensure our patients rare blood needs are met and support scientific staff in the day-to-day running of the laboratory. Your essential role in the processing and testing of blood from donors will directly contribute to the saving and improving of patients lives. We will provide you with an extensive induction and training programme and ongoing development to support you in your role and achieving your career ambitions. As part of the selection process you will be invited to attend our Blood Centre, so that you can gain an understanding of the requirements of this essential role.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to perform a range of clerical, scientific and technical activities related to the preparation and testing of blood from our rare donors and patients, with the support of the team. You will manage operate and carry out basic maintenance on equipment. You will be required to undertake precise repetitive manipulation of equipment and blood samples and carry out routine tasks on a regular basis. You will be required to handle blood samples and a range of equipment. The role will require you to work set days and hours by prior agreement (Monday to Friday) with some flexibiity to cover colleagues by prior arrangement when required. You will be required to manually handle equipment on a daily basis weighing up to 13 kgs, with or without mechanical aids, with appropriate training.

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll 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. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.