Blood Transfusion Scientific Lead

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the leadership team of East and South East London (ESEL) Pathology Partnership in our journey to excellence. Applications are invited for position of Blood Transfusion Scientific Lead for our ESEL Network. The successful applicant will need to be enthusiastic, shares our vision of a high-quality transfusion service, and must be suitably qualified and highly experienced in Blood Transfusion sciences. This role is offered as substantive employment.

Management & Leadership: The role is to provide management and leadership for the Blood Transfusion services across the ESEL Pathology network and is accountable for leading and managing the delivery and development of the Blood Transfusion across all seven Pathology Partnership sites, with the potential for expansion. The post holder plays a major part in the coordination, development and implementation of complex services and transformation that will improve the efficiency and quality of Partnership’s Blood Transfusion services. Responsible for Blood Transfusion projects, planning daily service delivery, and subsequent establishment and maintenance of effective performance management processes that monitors performance against plans and in the event of under-performance, propose rapid and decisive corrective action.

Main duties of the job

Operational: The successful candidate will have direct line management and provide leadership to several Operational Leads across the ESEL Network to develop and lead a highly skilled workforce providing a comprehensive, cost effective and high-quality Blood Transfusion service. The post holder will also lead the ESEL Transfusion Practitioner Team, working closely with the Hospital Transfusion Committee to pursue “best practice”, ensuring appropriate use of blood components, and alternatives to transfusion, in accordance with the partnership directive, BCSH guidelines 2014, and BSQR 2005.

Quality and Governance: The post holder will take a strategic lead in the continuing provision of a high quality and responsive service meeting both regulatory including the EU Directive on Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005 (MHRA), UKAS ISO15189 accreditation and SHOT standards and requirements adherence and compliance across the ESEL Network and collaborates with the Pathology Quality & Governance Team to achieve this.

The ESEL Blood Transfusion Scientific Lead will work to combine the vision of the ESEL partnership with the recommendations of the NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and the National Blood Transfusion Committee (NBTC) 5-year strategy to make transfusion care safer across NHS

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Hugh Boothe | Blood Sciences Divisional Manager | NHS ESEL Pathology Partnership | 07761 405257 | [email protected]