Lead Transfusion Practitioner | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 August 2025 |
| Location: | Swindon, SN3 6BB |
| Company: | The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7324693/249-7183008-2 |
Summary
Lead Transfusion Practitioner Band 7
37.5 hours per week
Do you have the drive, enthusiasm and passion for high standards of care in blood transfusion and patient blood management? If so, we would love to hear from you!
Applications are invited from individuals with a Nursing, Biomedical Scientist or Allied Health Professional background with the relevant qualifications and experience.
This role involves leading a small and friendly team, known for their high standards of education delivery, compassionate incident investigation and innovative development of the service to improve outcomes for patients requiring blood transfusion support in hospital.
You will be working in a varied, interesting and challenging role across the whole of the Great Western Hospital Trust, particularly inpatient services, but including supportive services such as Phlebotomy and the Blood Sciences laboratory. You will need excellent communication skills in order to convey vital information to all multidisciplinary teams whilst having an open and honest approach to allow for feedback and challenges.
You will have extensive experience in education delivery which includes teaching to small groups and presenting to large audiences. You will also need to be adept at assessing staff competence and know when to intervene to ensure patient safety.
You will have experience of investigating incidents, ensuring a just culture and collaboratively establishing corrective and preventative actions to prevent future recurrences.
Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.
1. To lead and develop education and support relevant to the transfusion process to nursing, midwifery, Allied Health Professionals, medical staff and porters within the Great Western Hospital.
2. To plan, implement and evaluate clinical audit/effectiveness projects, to ensure the safe and appropriate transfusion of blood and blood components within the Trust.
3. To liaise with local blood transfusion laboratory managers and clinicians in order to implement, monitor and evaluate the effect of interventions aimed at improving the appropriate use of blood and blood
components and in the reduction of losses and wastage.
4. To monitor, contribute and advise in the development, dissemination and reviews of evidence based local transfusion guidelines and policies, ensuring they meet national requirements and legislation.
5. To lead and develop a Trust wide Emergency Blood Management Plan in the event of national blood shortages.
This advert closes on Thursday 17 Jul 2025
37.5 hours per week
Do you have the drive, enthusiasm and passion for high standards of care in blood transfusion and patient blood management? If so, we would love to hear from you!
Applications are invited from individuals with a Nursing, Biomedical Scientist or Allied Health Professional background with the relevant qualifications and experience.
This role involves leading a small and friendly team, known for their high standards of education delivery, compassionate incident investigation and innovative development of the service to improve outcomes for patients requiring blood transfusion support in hospital.
You will be working in a varied, interesting and challenging role across the whole of the Great Western Hospital Trust, particularly inpatient services, but including supportive services such as Phlebotomy and the Blood Sciences laboratory. You will need excellent communication skills in order to convey vital information to all multidisciplinary teams whilst having an open and honest approach to allow for feedback and challenges.
You will have extensive experience in education delivery which includes teaching to small groups and presenting to large audiences. You will also need to be adept at assessing staff competence and know when to intervene to ensure patient safety.
You will have experience of investigating incidents, ensuring a just culture and collaboratively establishing corrective and preventative actions to prevent future recurrences.
Our STAR values – Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect – are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.
1. To lead and develop education and support relevant to the transfusion process to nursing, midwifery, Allied Health Professionals, medical staff and porters within the Great Western Hospital.
2. To plan, implement and evaluate clinical audit/effectiveness projects, to ensure the safe and appropriate transfusion of blood and blood components within the Trust.
3. To liaise with local blood transfusion laboratory managers and clinicians in order to implement, monitor and evaluate the effect of interventions aimed at improving the appropriate use of blood and blood
components and in the reduction of losses and wastage.
4. To monitor, contribute and advise in the development, dissemination and reviews of evidence based local transfusion guidelines and policies, ensuring they meet national requirements and legislation.
5. To lead and develop a Trust wide Emergency Blood Management Plan in the event of national blood shortages.
This advert closes on Thursday 17 Jul 2025
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