Transfusion Operational Manager

Job summary

Do you have a background in transfusion? and are you looking for your next career step?

Do you want to join a team that understands work life balance is important to a happy successful department? If so, we would love to hear from you.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, high calibre candidate with a strong scientific background and a proven track-record in managing services and leading people, to manage the day-to-day operations in the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital Blood Transfusion Laboratory and to be the Trust Blood Transfusion Lead BMS.

Main duties of the job

You will have a strong transfusion background and looking to develop managerial and professional responsibilities in a progressive and forward-thinkingdepartment, working with a friendly and collaborative team within blood sciences. You will also have experience of change management, to provide operational leadership for the department going forwards. The successful candidate will be instrumental in developing quality improvement and innovation initiatives for the transfusion laboratory.

The successful applicant will be an excellent communicator who enjoys working in a busy, complex environment with the ability to manage multiple priorities and achieve tight deadlines.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust