Events Assistant

Job summary

Events Assistant (Bank)

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Job Summary

Come and join our Community Engagement team, who are involved in recruiting new blood donors at a variety of events, including shopping centres and workplaces. You will be required on an as and when basis working variable hours and days, including weekdays, evenings, weekends and bank holidays with mutual agreement and prior notice.

You don't need a medical background, we just need you to have experience of working in a customer service environment, which can include in a voluntary capacity. You will set up and run What's Your Blood Type? events where you will perform blood typing testing for which training will be provided.

It would be ideal if you live roughly within 15 miles of where our events take place, as things can move quickly and you might need to travel at short notice. We'll always give you as much notice as we can. Some events happen on weekends, so you'll need to be available occasionally but it definitely wont be every weekend. We do offer extra pay for weekend shifts, and well cover your travel costs based on our policy.

You will also need to be able to travel to Southampton, Plymouth and Exeter as part of the role. Travel may be via your own car, NHSBT pool cars, or by train, so being able to travel confidently and reliably is a must.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will work with the marketing team to register and book appointments for new blood donors at a variety of events, including shopping centres and workplaces. You will set up and run What's your blood type (WYBT) events where you will perform blood type testing. Your duties at the events will include:

• Collecting event equipment and manually setting up suitable spaces to run the event.
• Performing blood sampling (finger prick test) on members of the public in accordance with our procedures to produce a provisional blood group type for demonstration purposes only. Full training is provided.
• Offering information to members of the public on donation in general and specifically in relation to their provisional blood type.
• Providing reports to line manager on numbers of people seen and signed up as donors to continually monitor effectiveness of events.
• Packing away all equipment and returning this to base for safe disposal of sharps and clinical waste.
• Receiving training in basic care/first aid to enable you to respond in cases of adverse reactions.
• Loading, unloading, assembling and dismantling equipment on a daily basis, including heavy objects of up to 13 kgs.

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.