Biomedical Support Worker

Job overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Job Title: Biomedical Support Worker

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: 7.5 hours per week - Mondays and Saturdays on a rota basis

UHS will not be able to provide visa Sponsorship for this vacancy. Applicants should therefore ensure that they have sufficient right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship for this role.

Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications.

Main duties of the job

We have an exciting opportunity for a band 2 Biomedical Support Worker to work in our Blood Transfusion Laboratory at UHS.

We are looking for a motivated individual to join our BSW team to support our Blood Transfusion Laboratory service. We offer full training and development into the role and opportunities for further development.

The post holder will be expected to undertake a variety of tasks including the delivery of blood and blood products throughout the hospital, stock management and local maintenance of storage equipment.

Please note that this role is for 7.5 hours so you would be expected to work a combination of Mondays and Saturdays only.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In this role, your key responsibilities will include: 1. To receive blood components and products into the laboratory ensuring the cold chain has remained intact and escalating any issues to the registered healthcare scientist. 2. To enter blood components and products into stock using the Laboratory Information System (LIMs). 3. To pack and transport blood and blood products from the blood transfusion laboratory to clinical areas and satellite blood fridges using the electronic blood management system. 4. To prioritise delivery of components to clinical areas based on urgency. 5. To periodically visit all the satellite blood banks on the SGH and PAH sites and return all unused blood to the laboratory. 6. To maintain all UHS blood component storage facilities including cleaning and checking local and remote alarm systems. 7. To collect blood and blood products from NHSBT including urgent ad hoc collections. 8. To escalate alarms and warnings generated by the electronic blood management system to a registered healthcare scientist. 9. To complete daily data submissions for blood component stock and wastage to NHSBT via the Vanessa platform. 10. Using templates from Charts issue letters to patients offering feotal RhD screening. 11. To complete weekly stock checks and escalate any deficiencies in stock to the advanced Biomedical Scientists. 12. To receive deliveries into the department and complete the required documentation following laboratory SOPs. 13. To carry out basic audits as directed by the Transfusion Laboratory Manager. 14. Demonstrate own working practices to new members of staff. 15. To maintain a personal training record to demonstrate competence and compliance with statutory and mandatory training.

Applicant requirements

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.