International Training Fellow-Transfusion Medicine

Job summary

The post is for a senior trainee in transfusion medicine looking to undertake a dedicated period of subspecialty training in transfusion medicine in England. Applicants should be near completion of transfusion training in their home institution and must meet all requirements on the RCPath criteria Medical Training Initiative eligibility checklist, as set out in the Job Description and Person Specification. Applicants must be funded by their home institution. The post is a one-year fixed term honorary (unpaid) contract based with the Patient Blood Management and Components team but including sessions across the transfusion directorate aimed at providing subspecialty experience in Transfusion Medicine. You will be part of a national team working to deliver blood and blood components to patients in hospitals in England.

You will be directly accountable to the Consultant Haematologist Educational Supervisor at NHSBT. This will be the consultant working in the centre where you are based. The successful candidate will be based at one of the following main centres in England; the final location will be agreed at interview Leeds, Bristol or London.

Main duties of the job

There will be a combination of daytime duty work and longer term quality improvement and project work. Duty work will involve taking queries from within the organisation and NHS Trusts, giving clinical advice to inform decisions around individual patients and components. All clinical work will be supervised by a named consultant. You will be expected to submit at least one project as a conference abstract and/or to a peer reviewed journal during the time in post. As part of the role, you will deliver teaching to doctors, nurses, biomedical and clinical scientists. You will acquire subspecialty skills and experience in: Components, Donor Medicine, Red Cell Immunohaematology, Patient Blood Management (PBM). You will acquire further knowledge of: Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics, Manufacturing and Logistics, Cell, Apheresis and Gene Therapies, Haemovigilance, Research, Audit and Quality Improvement. Your supervisor will support you in pursuing an honorary contract with the regional NHS Trust to enable you acquire skills in hospital-based transfusion practice (participation in hospital transfusion team meetings etc.)

About us

At NHS Blood and Transplant, were incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers. Its an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with and positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever