Senior Specialist Blood Conservation and Transfusion Practitioner

Job overview

Band 7 - Senior Specialist Blood Conservation and Transfusion Practitioner

We have an exciting opportunity for an Senior Specialist Blood Conservation and Transfusion Practitioner to join our team. The Blood Safety and Conservation Team (BSACT) bring together several interrelated areas of work within the Trust. The team offers a multidisciplinary approach to blood safety, conservation, and haemostasis management.

We offer all aspects of haemostasis management to a wide variety of surgical specialities across the Trust. Expert haemostasis analysis and the introduction of blood conservation techniques have resulted in transfusion reduction, decreased exposure to donor blood for patients, better anti-coagulation management, improved wound healing and shorter ITU and hospital stays.

The role is firmly grounded in being a visible presence in clinical areas to ensure that staff are supported to achieve safe transfusion and conservation practices in the use of blood and blood components. This will encompass aspects of education, audit and management but is firmly grounded in appropriate care provision and work to promote high clinical standards in line with current practice guidelines. The post holder will work to the safe and efficient use of blood products through education, training, audit, and incident review in clinical practice.

Main duties of the job

• To provide a highly specialist technical and diagnostic haemostasis service to the clinical specialities across the Trust.
• To identify procedures requiring extensive red cell transfusion to determine suitability for the use of cell salvage or other transfusion reduction strategies and advising clinicians appropriately. This will involve reviewing clinical case notes and blood usage data
• To work with senior colleagues on the formulation of diagnoses and plan patient management in patients presenting with prothrombotic tendencies or haematological conditions. This will include but not be limited to appropriate anti-coagulation, anti-platelet, and anti-fibrinolytic therapy.
• To work with pre-operative assessment and anaesthetic colleagues to ensure all information on techniques utilised is available for patients.
• They will support education and training for staff as directed on safe transfusion practice
• Promote best practice in transfusion and patient blood management, and assist with educating staff on how to use the Smart Fridge Technology, including remote electronic crossmatching.
• Identify areas requiring improvement through audit and incidents, and address these through appropriate governance structures and trust forums.
• Acting as a visible clinical presence across all OUH sites, the role will foster collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to ensure consistent, safe, and sustainable use of blood and blood components Trust-wide.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached PDF documents, which include the full job description and person specification for this role. These documents outline the key responsibilities, required qualifications, and competencies essential for successful performance in the position.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.