Blood Transfusion Practitioner
Accepting applications until: 24-Aug-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 24-Aug-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- St Thomas' Hospital
- Address
- Westminster Bridge Road
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 7EH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £51,488 - £57,802 p.a inc. HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Nursing
- Interview date
- 04/09/2024
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join the Trust's Blood Transfusion Practitioner Team.
You will be joining a dynamic and expert team comprising of experienced transfusion practitioners, transfusion consultants, transfusion laboratory operation managers and blood transfusion administrative support.
You will be a flexible confident person who can demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will be expected to liaise with all levels of staff involved in the transfusion process. The ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team is essential. You will also be a clear thinker, able to prioritise and use leadership skills to manage and develop the service further.
You will be responsible for leading on effective patient blood management, safe transfusion practice, education and training, adverse incident management and national and local audits related to transfusion practice from the laboratory to the patient’s bedside.
If you have an interest in blood transfusion and you want to develop your skills and abilities further in this specialist and exciting field, this is an excellent opportunity for you.
You will be supported in your role by experienced and knowledgeable colleagues and will have every opportunity to develop in your professional role.
Closing Date: 24th August
Interview Date: TBC
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You will be expected to liaise with all levels of staff involved in the transfusion process. The ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team is essential. You will also be a clear thinker, able to prioritise and use leadership skills to manage and develop the service further.
You will be responsible for leading on effective patient blood management, safe transfusion practice, education and training, adverse incident management and national and local audits related to transfusion practice from the laboratory to the patient’s bedside.
You will be supported in your role by experienced and knowledgeable colleagues and will have every opportunity to develop in your professional role.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role involves promoting safe blood transfusion in the Trust.
You will be required to lead on training and competencies, audits, incident investigation, policy writing and managing administrative staff in the absence of the senior practitioner.
Please see attached job description for full details
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent command of English language
- report writing skills
- Excellent spoken communication
- Presentation skills
- Intermediate use of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of the EU Directive for blood safety & quality, NHSLA standards, SHOT, MHRA, and BCSH guidelines
Desirable criteria
- Project Management
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse/Midwife
- Degree and or/equivalent experience
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Blood transfusion qualification
- Teaching qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Awareness and understanding of current national and local blood transfusion issues
- Experience with blood transfusion practice
- Change Management
- Teaching experience
Values and Behaviour
Essential criteria
- Values and behaviour
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Charlene Furtado
- Job title
- Senior Blood Transfusion Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02071882720
- Additional information
Informal visits and chats are encouraged
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