Job summary
- Main area
- Blood Transfusion
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 251-FCSS2539-D
- Employer
- Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Basingstoke (Primary Base), Travel will be Required to other HHFT Sites
- Town
- Basingstoke
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Transfusion Operational Manager
Band 8a
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
Do you have a background in transfusion? and are you looking for your next career step?
Do you want to join a team that understands work life balance is important to a happy successful department? If so, we would love to hear from you.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, high calibre candidate with a strong scientific background and a proven track-record in managing services and leading people, to manage the day-to-day operations in the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital Blood Transfusion Laboratory and to be the Trust Blood Transfusion Lead BMS.
Main duties of the job
You will have a strong transfusion background and looking to develop managerial and professional responsibilities in a progressive and forward-thinking department, working with a friendly and collaborative team within blood sciences. You will also have experience of change management, to provide operational leadership for the department going forwards. The successful candidate will be instrumental in developing quality improvement and innovation initiatives for the transfusion laboratory.
The successful applicant will be an excellent communicator who enjoys working in a busy, complex environment with the ability to manage multiple priorities and achieve tight deadlines.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Successful candidate will be required to participate in the 24/7 out of hours Operational manager on-call rota and travel between Trust sites as required.
For further information about this role please see Job Description document attached.
If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Management qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Track record of delivering safe, high quality biomedical sciences services
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of managing complex services and teams
- Evidence of successfully managing complex change programmes
Skills
Essential criteria
- Strong leadership and people management skills with the ability to motivate and develop staff
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MSc
Desirable criteria
- BBTS Certificate
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Eloise Clarke
- Job title
- Operational Services Manager Pathology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01256 317400
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