Band 6 Transfusion Practitioner inBirmingham inBirmingham PUBLISHED
TUE 7 JAN 2025
Candidates for this role should be registered healthcare professionals with experience in blood transfusions, whether in hospital wards, theatres, or transfusion laboratories. The position emphasises a commitment to continuous improvement through audits and incident investigations, with a focus on staff support rather than direct patient care. New practitioners will have the opportunity to develop their skills within a supportive and experienced team environment.
Provide specialist blood transfusion advice as a clinical specialist to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients /clients and relatives/carers in collaboration with the multi professional team, in line with the local and national targets. The post holder will work as a member of the Hospital Transfusion Team (HTT) and in conjunction with the Hospital Transfusion Group (HTG). They will work trust wide, utilising their extensive knowledge and skill base to provide specialist/technical support, assessing quality of clinical service and other practice learning environments, propose and deliver interventions for improvement. The Transfusion Practitioner (TP) assists the Site Lead Transfusion Practitioner in providing clinical leadership and management support, developing, and evaluating best practice Trust Wide. The post-holder will deputise for the Transfusion Practitioner Site Leads as required, in implementing the requirements derived from the Department of Health circulars. They will also liaise and maintain links with educational bodies to support practice education.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Transfusion Practitioner to join our team working at University Hospitals Birmingham.
You will be key in ensuring the safety of patients undergoing blood transfusion. You'll have the chance to work not only across our hospitals, but in renal dialysis units, hospices, and some of our neighbouring sites, including the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital.
You'll be a great fit for this role if you:
*Are a registered nurse, midwife, biomedical scientist, or operating department practitioner
*Have UK experience with blood transfusions working in either:
oA ward or in theatres where you have administered blood transfusions
oA transfusion laboratory (blood bank)
*Have a passion for making improvements based on findings from investigating incidents and completing audits, and implementing these through teaching and training, and producing educational materials.
As this role is supporting staff rather than caring for patients or working in the laboratory, we recognise that many of our tasks you are not likely to have experienced before, as such you will be working with experienced practitioners and will have the opportunity to develop new skills and knowledge working in this multidisciplinary team.
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