Plasma Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

At NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), our Plasma Collections team do something incredible every single day and we are looking for a Healthcare Assistants to join our Plasma Collections Centres. You will play a vital part in making sure our donors feel safe, special, and well cared for, and to create an experience that they will want to return to time and time again. Plasma is part of your blood. Its rich in antibodies, which can be concentrated into immunoglobulin medicines. These medicines save or improve the lives of around 17,000 people in England each year. Theyre used to either boost immune system or calm down the immune system when its attacking someones own body.

Main duties of the job

Our Healthcare Assistants in our Plasma Donor Centres, work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver an exemplary donor experience to each and every donor while collecting their plasma.

After training and assessment, you will carry out pre- donation checks, perform venipuncture (inserting a needle in the donors arm) and collect plasma. You will observe the donors wellbeing throughout the process and manage any adverse side effects from donation. You will be handling plasma product bags, needles and a range of equipment, daily.

The plasma we collect goes on to be manufactured into live saving medicines so its vital that you work in line with regulatory clinical requirements and operational performance standards.

You'll get to contribute to improving patients lives by working under the professional leadership of our Operational Nurse Team Leader. You will have an opportunity to develop yours and your colleague's knowledge, skills and capabilities through continued observations and meaningful feedback to deliver the life-saving work.

At NHSBT, we work and operate in a highly diverse environment, you will be expected to demonstrate NHS values and role modelling behaviours that drive inclusivity, safety, integrity, and respect for others always.

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.