Biomedical Support Worker - Blood Transfusion (Band 2)
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Job overview
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (BTHFT), Airedale NHS Foundation Trust (ANHSFT) and Harrogate General Hospital (HGH) are high-performing Trusts providing acute and specialist outreach services for local people.
BTHFT, ANHSFT and HGH have formed a joint venture, Integrated Pathology Solutions LLP (IPS) to provide pathology services to the three organisations and other local healthcare providers.
Biomedical Support Workers (BSW’s) also known as Medical Laboratory Assistants (MLA’s) are a key staff group within the pathology laboratory. Candidates will need to be enthusiastic, well- motivated and innovative, with good organisational and practical abilities supported by scientific knowledge.Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills and an ability to support individual and team working is essential. All these skills and attributes are in line with the Trust’s Right Care Behaviours.
Applications are invited for a full time BSW in the Blood Transfusion department based at Bradford Royal Infirmary.
The successful candidate will be required to work between 07:30 and 18:00 in Blood Transfusion depending on service requirements.
The department offers multiple training opportunities and continual professional development opportunities. We are passionate about developing our staff for them to fulfil their potential.
Main duties of the job
Undertake in service training leading to the completion of the competency logbook
Working in line with supervisor to deliver core training to new staff members of all tasks within department.
Dealing with frequent telephone enquiries e.g. stock requests, bottle advice, giving results and directing calls to correct locations.
Face to face Pathology enquiries.
Liaise with and despatch consumables to service users.
Solve day to day problems e.g. Mislabelled specimens, determining minimal sample volumes, i.e insufficient samples, manual aliquots etc.
Sort and prepare consistently high volumes of work for daily diagnostic testing.
Working for our organisation
We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:
- Cycle to Work
- Travel Scheme
- Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
- Onsite Nursery
- Buying and Selling Annual Leave
- Car Leasing
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Health and Wellbeing
- Extensive Reward Scheme
- Counselling Service
- Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
- Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of this job vacancy, please see attached full job description and person specification.
This position is not currently eligible for a certificate of sponsorship in line with Home Office guidance as it does not appear on the skilled worker visa occupation list.
If you currently hold a different type of visa allowing you to work in the UK we would welcome an application from you. If your visa expires or there is a change in status during your employment, the Trust will be required to review your employment which may result in the termination of your employment to comply with the relevant immigration legislation
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- GCSE Science, English or equivalent level qualification (2)
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Knowledge of the NHS Constitution & ‘Understanding the New NHS’
- Good Organisational skills
- Good Communication skills
- Good Attention to detail
- Analytical and judgemental skills
- Health and safety legislation
- COSHH
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience not essential as in house training will be provided
- Experience of following SOP’s
- Previous Laboratory experience
Other
Essential criteria- Ability to take part in working rotas including late shifts, weekends and bank holidays
- Ability to adhere to policies, procedures and standards
- Flexibility in working hours to suit the needs of the service
We are happy to discuss flexible working opportunities.
NOTE: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient suitable applications are received.
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