Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Heart Valve Bank Assistant

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Job summary

The Royal Brompton Heart Valve bank supplies clinically suitable heart valves to cardiac centres at the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS FoundationTrust and nationally across the UK. The Heart valve Bank is Licensed by Human Tissue Authority to procure, process, test, store and distributecardiac tissue under Human Tissue Act 2004 and the Human tissue (Quality and safety for Human Application) Regulation 2007 as amended.A rare opportunity has arisen for a Tissue Bank Assistant to join a small dynamic team to provide comprehensive office and administrative supportto heart Valve Bank staff as well as basic procedures within Cleanroom following Good Manufacturing Practice.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to effectively manage and complete Heart Valve donor records by communicating with relevant healthcare staff within avariety of establishments including but not limited to hospitals within the Trust, National Health Service Blood and Transplant and GP offices torequest and collate necessary documents relating to Royal Brompton Heart valve donors. You will participate in departmental meetings and takeleading role in drafting agendas and minute taking. You will provide administrative support to office and limited practical support to laboratorytechnicians within Royal Brompton Heart Valve Bank. For office duties you will be working independently to organise your own workload within theconstraints of defined deadlines and changing priorities. You will be able to lift and carry items up to a weight of 12 Kg with and without the use ofmechanical aids. Within laboratories you will participate in primary stages of processing within the clean-rooms after a period of training. You willparticipate in various cleaning, validation and audit schedules and rotas within the department.

About us

Royal Brompton Heart Valve is one of the largest homograft departments in Europe with excellent reputation for providing reliable and efficient supply of highly demanded cardiac tissue to paediatric and adult patients within the UK. The department comprises of a small professional team dedicated to providing clinically suitable cardiovascular tissue for surgery to all paediatric and adult cardiac centres within the UK.

Details

Date posted

27 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£27,948 to £29,468 a year per year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-A&C179

Job locations

Royal Brompton Hospital

Sydney Street

London

SW3 6NP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Main responsibility will be to communicate with relevant healthcare staff to request and collate necessary documents relating to medical and socialhistory of donors of heart valves. The role also involves supporting and assisting heart valve bank manager and technicians in the department.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main responsibility will be to communicate with relevant healthcare staff to request and collate necessary documents relating to medical and socialhistory of donors of heart valves. The role also involves supporting and assisting heart valve bank manager and technicians in the department.

Person Specification

Essential criteria

Essential

  • Achieve high grades in secondary education-GCSE level

Desirable

  • Higher level Education

Abilites and skills

Essential

  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and unsupervised
  • Accurate and methodical in record keeping and transcribing data
  • Good time management skills

Desirable

  • Proficient IT skills

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge of basic IT software- Microsoft office
  • knowledge of office administration
  • Knowledge of human tissue donation

Desirable

  • Previous laboratory experience
  • Knowledge of medical terminology
Person Specification

Essential criteria

Essential

  • Achieve high grades in secondary education-GCSE level

Desirable

  • Higher level Education

Abilites and skills

Essential

  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and unsupervised
  • Accurate and methodical in record keeping and transcribing data
  • Good time management skills

Desirable

  • Proficient IT skills

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge of basic IT software- Microsoft office
  • knowledge of office administration
  • Knowledge of human tissue donation

Desirable

  • Previous laboratory experience
  • Knowledge of medical terminology

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Brompton Hospital

Sydney Street

London

SW3 6NP


Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Brompton Hospital

Sydney Street

London

SW3 6NP


Employer's website

https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Heart Valve Bank Manager

Khatereh Ghane

k.ghane@rbht.nhs.uk

02073518783

Details

Date posted

27 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£27,948 to £29,468 a year per year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

196-A&C179

Job locations

Royal Brompton Hospital

Sydney Street

London

SW3 6NP


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