Sister/ Charge Nurse inBrighton inBrighton PUBLISHED 20 AUG 2024

NHS Blood and Transplant

Full day shifts are 10 hours (including breaks), with early shifts being 8:00am 6:00pm, and late shifts 10:30am 8:30pm- but there are never any night shifts here! Work-life balance is important to us, and we welcome applications from candidates who would consider flexible working, for example fixed days, fixed shifts, or part shift coverage.
Job Summary


At NHS Blood and Transplant we are responsible for blood, organ, tissue, and stem cell donation and carrying out cutting edge research along with providing specialist services to hospitals. It takes all types of volunteer donors to make the donations we need, and it takes all types of people to ensure our life saving work goes ahead.

Are you interested in being a part of the vital work we do and starting your career within the NHS? If so, then join us!

Come and work with us at what is an exciting time to join NHSBT, our brand-new Blood Donation Centre is opening in the centre of Brighton -
BN1 4BE
 and will be your place of work. But don’t worry- we are looking for you to start with us as soon as possible so until our new centre opens, you will join our mobile session and will be based initially at
BN43 6RJ.


The Donor Centre will be open 7 days a week, with a mixture of early and late shifts across the week. Full day shifts are 10 hours (including breaks), with early shifts being 8:00am 6:00pm, and late shifts 10:30am 8:30pm- but there are never any night shifts here! Work-life balance is important to us, and we welcome applications from candidates who would consider flexible working, for example fixed days, fixed shifts, or part shift coverage.

When you join us, we will fully train you and you will have 8 weeks dedicated training at one of our mobile donation teams. Ideally you will complete your training on a full-time basis if possible, however this is flexible and will be discussed with you on an individual basis.

All interviews for this role will be held face to face and you will need to be able to attend the session visit in person.


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


Full day shifts are 10 hours (including breaks), with early shifts being 8:00am 6:00pm, and late shifts 10:30am 8:30pm- but there are never any night shifts here! Work-life balance is important to us, and we welcome applications from candidates who would consider flexible working, for example fixed days, fixed shifts, or part shift coverage. 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 won’t be working more than five days a week.


About You



Experience and Knowledge


  • 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).


Qualifications And Training


  • Registered Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration (which must be maintained) as Registered Nurse Adult

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.


About Us


At NHS Blood and Transplant, we’re incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers.

It’s an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with and positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Three small words, one big difference -
Caring, Expert
 and
Quality
.

Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever

Link to Nursing careers page: “Take your nursing career in a new direction. Find out more about the exceptional work our Nurses do ”

This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Monday 26 August 2024.

Interviews are anticipated to be held on W/C 16th September 2024 subject to confirmation

For informal enquiries please contact Name: Clare Carman, Job Title: Senior Sister Contact Details:
Job Summary

At NHS Blood and Transplant we are responsible for blood, organ, tissue, and stem cell donation and carrying out cutting edge research along with providing specialist services to hospitals. It takes all types of volunteer donors to make the donations we need, and it takes all types of people to ensure our life saving work goes ahead.

Are you interested in being a part of the vital work we do and starting your career within the NHS? If so, then join us!

Come and work with us at what is an exciting time to join NHSBT, our brand-new Blood Donation Centre is opening in the centre of Brighton -
BN1 4BE
 and will be your place of work. But don’t worry- we are looking for you to start with us as soon as possible so until our new centre opens, you will join our mobile session and will be based initially at
BN43 6RJ.

The Donor Centre will be open 7 days a week, with a mixture of early and late shifts across the week. Full day shifts are 10 hours (including breaks), with early shifts being 8:00am 6:00pm, and late shifts 10:30am 8:30pm- but there are never any night shifts here! Work-life balance is important to us, and we welcome applications from candidates who would consider flexible working, for example fixed days, fixed shifts, or part shift coverage.

When you join us, we will fully train you and you will have 8 weeks dedicated training at one of our mobile donation teams. Ideally you will complete your training on a full-time basis if possible, however this is flexible and will be discussed with you on an individual basis.

All interviews for this role will be held face to face and you will need to be able to attend the session visit in person.

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

Full day shifts are 10 hours (including breaks), with early shifts being 8:00am 6:00pm, and late shifts 10:30am 8:30pm- but there are never any night shifts here! Work-life balance is important to us, and we welcome applications from candidates who would consider flexible working, for example fixed days, fixed shifts, or part shift coverage. 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 won’t be working more than five days a week.

About You


Experience and Knowledge

  • 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).


Qualifications And Training

  • Registered Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration (which must be maintained) as Registered Nurse Adult

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.

About Us

At NHS Blood and Transplant, we’re incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers.

It’s an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with and positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Three small words, one big difference -
Caring, Expert
 and
Quality
.

Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever

Link to Nursing careers page: “Take your nursing career in a new direction. Find out more about the exceptional work our Nurses do ”

This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Monday 26 August 2024.

Interviews are anticipated to be held on W/C 16th September 2024 subject to confirmation

For informal enquiries please contact Name: Clare Carman, Job Title: Senior Sister Contact Details:


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