Sister/Charge Nurse

Job summary

At NHS Blood and Transplant we are responsible for blood, organ, tissue, and stem cell donation and carrying out cutting edge research along with providing specialist services to hospitals. It takes all types of volunteer donors to make the donations we need, and it takes all types of people to ensure our life saving work goes ahead. Are you interested in being a part of the vital work we do and starting your career within the NHS? If so, then join us! Come and work with us at what is an exciting time to join NHSBT, our brand-new Blood Donation Centre is opening in the centre of Brighton - BN1 4BE and will be your place of work. But dont worry- we are looking for you to start with us as soon as possible so until our new centre opens, you will join our mobile session and will be based initially at BN43 6RJ. The Donor Centre will be open 7 days a week, with a mixture of early and late shifts across the week. Full day shifts are 10 hours (including breaks), with early shifts being 8:00am 6:00pm, and late shifts 10:30am 8:30pm- but there are never any night shifts here! Work-life balance is important to us, and we welcome applications from candidates who would consider flexible working, for example fixed days, fixed shifts, or part shift coverage. When you join us, we will fully train you and you will have 8 weeks dedicated training at one of our mobile donation teams. Ideally you will complete your training on a full-time basis if possible, however this is flexible.

Main duties of the job

Taking clinical responsibility for ensuring the safe assessment and blood donation of our donors. Being accountable for the safe running of a blood donation session. Taking responsibility for ensuring an excellent donor experience. Maintaining the competency and skills of your team and yourself. Being able to adapt communication styles for difficult conversations. Maintaining your professional development to help us deliver improvements to our practice. Your working hours will be: Full day shifts are 10 hours (including breaks), with early shifts being 8:00am 6:00pm, and late shifts 10:30am 8:30pm- but there are never any night shifts here! Work-life balance is important to us, and we welcome applications from candidates who would consider flexible working, for example fixed days, fixed shifts, or part shift coverage. The working days are Monday Friday, weekends off (excluding Bank Holidays). Weekend and bank holiday working will be required. You can expect to work some long hours, but you wont be working more than five days a week.

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.