Regional Transfusion Committee Administrator

Job summary

A number of administrative posts have been established in England to support the activities of 7 Regional Transfusion Committees. Reporting to the National Blood Transfusion Committee, these working groups play a key role in supporting hospitals with the safe and appropriate use of blood.

Your responsibilities will involve preparing meeting agendas, minute taking, collation of data and reports, as well as managing telephone calls and written enquiries. An important aspect of this role will include facilitating good communications between committee members and the wider healthcare community. You will be responsible for the administrative arrangements for educational events organised by the Regional Transfusion Committee.

We are looking for someone who can combine a systematic and highly organised approach to their work and who has the ability to work in a team. You should bring to this role a good standard of education and working knowledge of the Internet, word processing and a range of spreadsheet packages. A talent for communicating both verbally and in writing will be essential.

This is a permanent, full time position working 37.5 hours per week. Hours can be flexible, with part time working considered. Hybrid working will also be considered.

Please note, following changes to UK immigration policy from April 4th, this vacancy will no longer be eligible for Visa Sponsorship. Please do not apply unless you believe you have another means of establishing a right to work.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will be required to provide an administrative support role to the Regional Transfusion Committee (RTC) including direct support to the RTC Chair, Customer Services regional team and Chairs of the RTC sub groups. Your responsibilities with include:

• Supporting the activities of the committee and assist in maintaining good relationships within the region by effective handling of telephone and written enquiries on a wide range of committee related issues in a professional manner.
• Arranging meetings and video/telecon conferences for the RTC, Regional Transfusion Team (RTT) and other working groups. Preparing and distributing agendas, minutes and supporting papers to the relevant RTC members, the wider healthcare community and the NHSBT Hospital Liaison team.
• Assist in the organisation of educational events.
• Undertaking specific projects as directed by the RTT.
• Designing, distributing, analysing and reporting regional audit/survey to Hospital Transfusion Committees and RTC.
• Having a budget / signatory authority of a small budget, tracking and recording the income and expenditure of the RTC budget, providing a financial statement to include projected expenditure to the RTT/RTC.
• To assist in the promotion, attainment and maintenance of the NHSBT corporate and quality objectives.

You will occasionally be required to travel and spend time away from base to support team and RTC meetings / events at other NHSBT centres or external venues, with prior notice.

About us

At NHS Blood and Transplant, we're 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.

It's 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.