Blood Bank Manager | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 01 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,952 - £57,349 pa |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2024 |
| Location: | Derby, DE22 3NE |
| Company: | University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6364455/320-CDCS-3103 |
Summary
Are you passionate about Blood Transfusion, and looking for the next exciting step in your career? Would you like to work at busy hospitals in Derby and Burton, within easy access of the Peak District National Park?
Derbyshire Pathology are seeking an enthusiastic, proactive, and conscientious manager with the ability to lead the Blood Transfusion service at the Derby and Burton sites. As Blood Transfusion Manager you will provide professional knowledge, guidance, leadership and training to Specialist Biomedical Scientists, Biomedical Scientists and Pathology support staff and work closely with a team of Transfusion Practitioners.
The successful candidate will have HCPC-registration as a Biomedical Scientist, with evidence of Continued Professional Development and significant exposure to Blood Transfusion science management. A master's degree in biomedical science is a requirement of this post; Fellowship of the IBMS and a management qualification would also be advantageous.
This is a key leadership role which will require close working with the Chesterfield site of Derbyshire Pathology to ensure that the sharing of good practice is continued and developed. You will be responsible for the Blood Transfusion service at the Royal Derby Hospital and Queens Hospital Burton, providing leadership and management to the Blood Transfusion departments.
The Derby and Burton sites both support 24/7 services that cover emergency departments and clinical haematology services on both sites, alongside intensive care units, surgical and general medical wards as well as busy obstetrics departments. Our modern blood transfusion laboratories are well equipped with 2 x Bio-Rad IH1000 analysers, Comark temperature monitoring system and Clinisys Winpath Enterprise LIMS on the Derby site and 2 x Ortho Vision analysers, Kelsius temperature monitoring system and Meditiech LIMS on the Burton site.
Closing date of applications: 15 July 2024
Interview date: 29 July 2024
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4thbusiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
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This advert closes on Monday 15 Jul 2024