Bank Admin Clerical (Transfusion Administrator) Band 5

Job overview

The Royal Free is one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the UK, delivering care to over 1.6 million people a year through our 4 main hospitals: Barnet, Chase Farm, Royal Free and North Middlesex. The Royal Free London  NHS Foundation Trust is an organisation with a real sense of community. We actively support and develop our staff to ensure our patients receive the best quality care. This is an exciting time to be working with us. Please Join our Staff Bank  as Transfusion Administrator (Band 5) to support our vision and service at the Royal Free Hospital.

**VISA SPONSORSHIP DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS ROLE**

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support the promotion and ongoing education of ward users in the use of the BloodTrack bedside system and sample labelling system. The post holder will contribute to the maintenance and development of the BloodTrack bedside system to its fullest potential in order to deliver a safe Blood Transfusion pathway for patients, and 100% traceability of blood components. The post holder is expected to interact with a wide range of multidisciplinary staff in the Trust including suppliers of the Blood Track bedside system, and work closely with the Transfusion practitioner teams.

Main duties include: supporting the Lead transfusion practitioner with implementation and maintenance of the Blood Track bedside system, teaching users to use the system, troubleshooting equipment, administration of the system, and associated audits.

**For further information please refer to the attached JD/PS**

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Royal Free World Class Values:

The post holder will offer World Class Care to service users, staff, colleagues, clients and patients alike.

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintains Blood Track equipment and devices for bedside transfusion and sample labelling.
• Act on, troubleshoot, repairs, and resolves reported equipment issues, user issues with the equipment.
• Identify equipment malfunctions.
• When necessary liaise with external Agencies to arrange for equipment repairs to be carried out and arranging for any such repair to be funded by the relevant department.
• Arrange for disposal and replacement of equipment in line with established Trust procedures.

• Ensures that patients’ complaints are handled in accordance with the Trust’s Complaints policy after appropriate training
• Maintains patient confidentiality, in line with Trust policy and Caldicott / Data Protection Act requirements.

• RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PATIENTS:

**For further information please refer to the attached JD/PS**

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