Band 8a Lead Biomedical ScientistNHS

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the leadership team of Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospital Trust in our journey for further Improvement.

Applications are invited for the position of Blood Transfusion Lead across both Queens Hospital, Romford and King George Hospital, Goodmayes.

You will need to be enthusiastic in sharing our vision of a high-quality transfusion service at BHR with the potential to be part of a Pathology network. The applicant must be suitably qualified and highly experienced in Blood Transfusion sciences.

The role is to provide management for the Blood Transfusion Department, working closely with the Head of Department to coordinate, develop and transform the efficiency and quality of the Blood Transfusion service. You will have direct line management responsibility for Staff that work within the Blood Transfusion Department and lead the team in meeting both regulatory, including the EU Directive on Blood Safety and Quality Regulations 2005 (MHRA), UKAS ISO15189 accreditation and SHOT standards and requirements.

Main duties of the job

To manage the transfusion laboratory Service at the trust. To supervise the technical work and lead a team of Biomedical Scientists and support staff to provide a high quality, efficient and effective service which supports the objectives of patient care and resource management within the hospital. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that all local and national policies relating to blood transfusion practice are implemented and observed by all staff.

Job description

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.

Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.

All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Pubudu Chandrasekera, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5110. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.

About us

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.