Higher Healthcare Technical Officer (HHTO)

Job summary

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) collect around 2 million units of blood and tissues a year, converting them into safe and effective blood components, blood and tissue products for use in the treatments of patients. Join our Red Cell Immunohaematology department and youll support NHSBT in providing reference and blood provision services to hospitals using advanced red cell immunohaematology techniques. This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to further their scientific education and gain experience of working in a laboratory as youll be fully trained to perform essential tasks using some of the latest equipment. All whilst providing crucial support to NHS hospitals to save and improve lives.

Main duties of the job

You will learn hands-on skills and take your first steps into a professional career within the NHS. You will provide predominantly clerical support for the department, which includes unpacking and sorting samples, data entry into the laboratory LIMS system, sending reports and filing. Other duties include processing and testing samples using an automated analyser, cleaning and reagent production. Once youre fully trained you may also be required to share your knowledge by supporting and training less experienced staff within your team. In order to support the lab, you might also have to manually handle equipment weighing up to 13kgs sometimes without mechanical aids. But dont worry, you will receive appropriate training to assist you with this. Once you join us you can expect to work between the hours of 07:00 20:00 Monday Friday, usually 37.5 hours, additionally Saturday Morning on 1:4 Rota basis, however part time working may also be considered.

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.