11 Oct
NHS Blood and Transplant
Exeter
Job description
Job summary
You will lead and motivate a team of Healthcare Assistants and Donor Care Supervisor(s) to provide and deliver a high standard of personal care.
You will use your clinical judgement to make decisions about donor suitability to meet our regulatory and governance requirements.
Main duties of the job
Taking clinical responsibility for ensuring the safe assessment and blood donation of our donors.Being accountable for the safe running of a blood donation session.
Taking responsibility for ensuring an excellent donor experience. Maintaining the competency and skills of your team and yourself.
Being able to adapt communication styles for difficult conversations.
Maintaining your professional development to help us deliver improvements to our practice.
Your working hours will be : On a shift basis but, the normal hours for this role are rostered between 5 days per week / 10 days per fortnight.
Early shifts start at 07 : 45 and finish at 17 : 00 and late shifts start at 10 : 30 and finish 21 : 00, this will be hour days.
This role is mainly late shifts.The working days are Monday Friday, weekends off (excluding Bank Holidays).Weekend and bank holiday working will be required.
You can expect to work some long hours, but you wont be working more than five days a week.
About us
It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK.
We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues,
or stem cells to save someone in need.
Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too.
Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.
You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
Please also view the benefits information sheet which details the benefits of working for NHSBT and the hours of work, salary, leave entitlement etc. for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration (which must be maintained) as Registered Nurse Adult
- Hold a full and valid UK driving licence with no more than 6 points (check if applicable)
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate leadership qualities and understand the principles of best practice to deliver high quality care.
- Have experience of supporting the professional development of others.
- Have an understanding of clinical audit and research.
- Have experience of supporting improvements and change in practice.
- Have an awareness of patient safety initiatives and risk management.
- Have experience of working with Information Technology such as hand-held devices and Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
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🖊️ NHS Blood and Transplant
📍 Exeter