Transfusion Practitioner

We provide healthcare services to people living in Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough areas, serving a population of around 450,000. We are ideally situated between Wales’s capital city, Porthcawl to the west, and the stunning scenery in the Brecon Beacons.

Our vision is to care for our communities and patients by preventing ill-health, promoting better health, providing excellent services and reducing the need for inpatient care wherever possible through the provision of strengthened home, primary and community care.

We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race/nationality, religion/belief, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg is a Living Wage Employer.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh or English, and no preference will be given to applications submitted in either language.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed

Job overview

Effective quality and risk management, will be promoted by establishing and supporting a culture of continuous quality improvement within all aspects of clinical and laboratory Blood Transfusion Practice throughout the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB).

The post holder will represent Transfusion within the Health Boards Clinical Governance structure and participate within the Health Board’s Transfusion Team, to continually implement and abide by the Blood Safety & Quality Regulation 2005/50.

The post holder will have ring-fenced time as agreed by the haematology nursing manager and the blood transfusion service manager to perform clinical duties, preferable within the Haematology Day Unit.

The post holder will be asked to undertake other duties as determined by the transfusion team and commensurate with the post.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide expert advice, education and training to all levels of staff to improve the safety and effectiveness of the practice of blood transfusion medicine throughout the CTMUHB, in accordance with Blood Transfusion policies and procedures.

This post will be based in Prince Charles hospital, but will be expected to work across multiple sites in CTM UHB.

This is a job share to make up a full term post.

This post is Fixed Term/Secondment for 12 months due to the needs of the service.

If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac

Person specification

qualification

• Degree/ Higher Degree/First level Nursing Qualification/Registered Biomedical Scientist.
• Teaching/assessing module

• Master’s Degree
• Haematology diploma/BBTS specialist transfusion practice

Experience

• Knowledge and understanding of legislation, national and local policies relating to blood transfusion

• Understanding of the functions of the Hospital Transfusion Team/Committee

Apititude and abilities

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills – able to produce verbal and written reports to a high standard

• Clinical supervision skills

If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.