Scientist: Microbiology Services Surveillance
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Job summary
You will be required to work with colleagues in the national reference laboratories, screening laboratories and with clinical colleagues to provide a high-quality service. The section provides the link between the laboratories and clinicians.
Main duties of the job
Your responsibilities will include :-
- Working with the team to ensure that, where possible, suitable actions are taken to allow donors to return to the donation panel.
- Ensuring that all tasks are performed in accordance with current policies, procedures, standards and relevant regulatory requirements.
- Providing specialist advice to a range of service users.
- Contributing to the service provided by Microbiology Services.
- Ensuring the team works closely with the quality departments to manage inappropriate recalls, discards and unusual results.
- Managing the collection, archiving and issue of microbiology positive blood products both internally and externally for use in research, preparation of quality control panels and similar.
- Managing quality issues by working closely with quality assurance colleagues to identify system errors and introduce procedures to reduce this. You will work with colleagues across the section and the wider department to investigate and implement any required changes following quality incidents.
- Acting as mentor, supervisor & trainer of Healthcare Scientist staff within own area of expertise.
- Having knowledge of communicable disease surveillance would be desirable.
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.
Details
Date posted
05 January 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
24 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
005664
Job locations
NHSBT - Oxford Centre
Oxford
United Kingdom
OX3 9DU
Employer details
Employer name
NHS Blood and Transplant
Address
NHSBT - Oxford Centre
Oxford
United Kingdom
OX3 9DU
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