Associate Medical Director - Donor & Plasma

Job summary

The purpose of the post is to lead and support the clinical work and goals of the Plasma for Medicine and Donor Medical Teams and provide wider clinical input into the national working of the Transfusion, Blood Supply, and Donor Experience Directorates. The incumbent will be a member of the Transfusion Senior Leadership and Management Team and will have demonstrable clinical leadership and management skills.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will:

• Be part of the team of health care professionals providing and leading clinical services to blood donors and blood components, primarily in the Blood Supply and Plasma Directorates and also nationally with the devolved UK blood services.
• Contribute to the education strategy, development and oversight of the Specialty and Associate Specialist (SAS) doctors in the Donor Medicine team.
• Make an active contribution to the development of national clinical policy in respect of donor health and donor selection guidance.
• Make an active contribution to blood component development and guidelines at a national level.
• Make an active contribution to the development of new plasma for medicine products. advise on red cell Immuno-haematology strategy in donor blood typing and advise on appropriate blood and plasma products for clinical practice.
• Participate in the high-level medical director on-call rota including out of hours.
• Organise/participate in teaching and training for the multidisciplinary team of medical trainees, postgraduate doctors, nurses, and scientific staff.
• Understand the NHSBT Clinical Governance frameworks and ensure that they are adhered to in all the clinical areas for which they have responsibility.
• Participate in Continuing Professional Development contribute to and, where appropriate, take the lead in a systematic programme of clinical audit, including regionally and nationally.

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you'll 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.