Development Lead - RCI Transfusion

Job summary

£55,690 - £62,682 per annum (in accordance with 25/26 pay scales, HCAS where applicable)

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Transfusion 2024 (T2024) programme team as a secondment/fixed term role.

The Transfusion 2024 strategic plan outlined key priorities to improve clinical and laboratory transfusion practice, NHSBT has commenced a programme of change to deliver specific objectives.

We are looking for an ambitious leader who will use their transfusion expertise to develop, establish and deliver projects supporting the integration of Red Cell Immunohaematology (RCI) services in hospitals. It is an opportunity to work across national frameworks, gaining strategic experience in a programme that will expand your knowledge and skills.

You will work closely with service leaders to plan improvements that will make a difference to patient care; digital developments will be a key enabler for this change.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will play a key role in supporting Red Cell Immunohaematologys (RCI) objectives detailed in NHSBTs Transfusion 2024 plan. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and delivering T2024 RCI pilots and projects, addressing standardisation, new ways of working, introduction of new technology, service development and performance management, to better integrate RCI service users.
• Supporting the translation of the T2024 RCI deliverables into a workplan with key performance indicators and, ensuring milestones are defined and delivered.
• Leading, motivating, and influencing colleagues actively participating in change programmes and projects, encouraging team building at all levels.
• Developing and delivering appropriate documentation to support the change, for example, service specifications, standard operating procedures, quality plans.
• Collaborating with the team to map out complex interdependencies, resources requirements, risks and assumptions.
• Working with internal colleagues and external suppliers in creating new systems of data flows between NHSBT and hospitals.

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you'll 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.