Healthcare Assistant - Brighton Donor Centre

Job summary

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.

Main duties of the job

This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to learn hands-on skills in healthcare and take their first steps into a professional career with the NHS.

Youll be fully trained in how to take blood from our donors, and youll be their first point of care during their time with us.

Youll also make sure we keep accurate records of donor sessions, while managing the safe handling of blood products, needles and other medical equipment. As part of a true multi-disciplinary team, youll work variable hours and days including evenings, weekends and bank holidays - without night shifts.

Youll also be working alongside medical professionals, which means youll discover more autonomy and responsibility than equivalent roles elsewhere in the NHS.

Initially youll be based on our mobile team, but will soon transfer to our brand-new Blood Donation Centre in Brighton.

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHSBT, 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.