Service Lead - Haematology and Blood Transfusion

Job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is professional, reliable, innovative and flexible to lead our friendly and hardworking team in Haematology and Blood Transfusion across our ESNEFT laboratories at Ipswich and Colchester.

You will manage the staff of the Haematology and Blood Transfusion departments across ESNEFT and may be required to deputise for the Head of Operations as required. You will work closely with the Transfusion Laboratory Managers, Haematology managers and Haematology & Blood Transfusion Compliance Manager as well as the senior leadership team in Pathology.

Both our labs are MHRA compliant and UKAS accredited therefore recent experience of UKAS and or MHRA inspections are required to ensure the departments maintain accreditation and meets regulatory compliance. You must be HCPC registered, and have higher qualifications commensurate to the role. You will need current experience within Haematology and/or Blood Transfusion and good knowledge of the medical laboratory accreditation standards.

For this role, you will need to have evidence of staff management and leadership experience, excellent communication skills, and a focus of training and developing our staff.

We are committed to attracting, developing and retaining the best pathology staff. We encourage our staff to undertake internal and external courses to aid their development. You will be an advocate for developing our staff but also be supported in your own professional development.

Main duties of the job

About our Pathology Service https://youtu.be/FBrydUl_c5w

To operationally manage the Haematology and Blood Transfusion specialities at Ipswich Colchester across ESNEFT and lead on scientific and technical direction and development of the specialty.

Lead on implementing national policy, innovations, regulatory compliance and best practice for specialty.

To be the source of specialist advice for the speciality in relation to interaction with other services, e.g. IT, health and safety and customer service.

Responsible for ensuring that staff perform manual, semi-automated, specialist and fully automated laboratory investigations within a defined service accurately and efficiently.

Responsible for ensuring that staff correctly manage stock control and usage, including appropriate authorising of invoices for the service, including maintaining Blood Transfusion stock levels and records and monitor usage to ensure efficient use

Responsible for proposing and implementing relevant policies across the organisation.

Ensure implementation of policies for service improvement and propose policy changes that may impact within and beyond own area.

Communicates with colleagues, clinicians about investigations required, explains highly complex information and results to staff; trains groups of staff and motivates staff.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester and Ipswich Hospital

Colchester and Ipswich

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester and Ipswich Hospital

Colchester and Ipswich

CO4 5JL

Employer's website

https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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