Blood Sciences Operational Manager RHCH & Quality Lead Blood Sciences

Job summary

Do you have a background in either haematology, biochemistry or blood transfusion and are you looking for your next career step?

Do you want to join a team that understands work life balance is important to a happy successful department?

Do you want to be involved in an exciting opportunity to restructure and re-provision our hospital laboratories and participate in a network transformation project as part of the NHSE/I reconfiguration?

If so, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

You will have a strong haematology, biochemistry or transfusion background and be looking to develop managerial and professional responsibilities in a progressive and forward-thinking department, working with a friendly and collaborative team within blood sciences.

The successful candidate will have experience of change management and provide operational leadership for the department going forwards. You will be instrumental in developing quality improvement and innovation initiatives for the Winchester essential services laboratory.

The post holder will be the Quality Lead for the whole of Blood Sciences across both sites.

The Successful candidate will be required to participate in the 24/7 out of hours operational manager on-call rota and travel between Trust sites as required.

You will be required to maintain your laboratory competencies to provide shift cover in the event of an emergency.

About us

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (HHFT) provides hospital services to around 570,000 people living in Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire, and specialist services to patients from all over the country. We deliver a full range of district hospital services in a variety of locations.

Why choose Hampshire Hospitals?

• The essential services laboratory at the RHCH has 2 x Bio-Rad IH 500 analysers, 2 x Beckman Coulter DxH 900s, one with a SMS module, 2 x Roche Cobas 8000s, 2 x Stago STA Max 2s, a Roche p612, a Beckman Coulter Automate, a Sarsedt ESR analyser and Cellavision.
• Make a difference by using your haematology, biochemistry or transfusion background.
• New Laboratory Information System (WinPath Enterprise) being installed in 2024
• Fantastic team environment that allows you to develop and grow.

We welcome informal questions and visits, please contact Mark Sidwell for more information either by email (mark.sidwell@hhft.nhs.uk) or by telephone (01256 312752).