Job Title: Deputy Head of Blood Transfusion
Department: Blood Transfusion
Location: 60 Whitfield Street, London, W1T 4EU
Contract /Hours: Permanent, Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Salary range: Up to £66,336 per annum DOE inclusive of regional pay allowance
About us:
Sonic Healthcare is an internationally renowned healthcare provider with a demonstrable track record of medical services across the world. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, Sonic is an ASX Top 50 company that has grown to become one of the world’s leading healthcare providers, specialising in pathology, radiology and primary care medical centres. We have operations in Australia, the USA, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand.
Sonic Healthcare UK encompasses the two main entities in the UK, The Doctors Laboratory (TDL) and Health Services Laboratories (HSL). HSL is a partnership between The Doctors Laboratory (TDL), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). HSL was formed to provide pathology services to the NHS Trusts and has expanded further to provide services to other NHS Trusts. Over 3,500 staff work at Sonic Healthcare UK, primarily under the TDL or HSL banner.
Our purpose is to deliver medically-led diagnostics, innovation, value and long-term investment to healthcare. With our core laboratory based at The Halo Building in London WC1H 9AX, we also have an expanding site in Manchester as well as smaller hospital-based laboratories across the country. We maintain rigorously high standards of quality, whilst also delivering efficiencies to healthcare through careful workforce planning, pioneering technology and significant investment in infrastructure and IT.
Due to the nature of work that Sonic Healthcare UK undertakes, our clients require that Employees filling certain roles, need, as part of their on-boarding to complete a DBS Check. This role falls into the category of requiring a DBS check (standard).
About the role:
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed advanced Biomedical Scientist. The Deputy will be working closely with the Head of Blood Transfusion in managing a skilled team of BMS and support staff with responsibility for providing a comprehensive, high quality 24/7 Blood Transfusion service for UCLH Trust. Our BT service holds Blood Establishment Authorisation and is one of the largest services in England. A key role of the Deputy is to meet the daily operational demands of the lab, they will need excellent interpersonal skills, be highly organised and able to delegate in order to keep operations running efficiently and effectively. As a Blood Establishment, the department provides its own irradiated blood products. The correct maintenance of the blood irradiator (in terms of both policies and procedures and physical maintenance) to satisfy the requirements of MHRA and other regulatory bodies is a crucial part of laboratory operations for which this post is responsible.
The post holder must use a combination of technical knowledge and skills to ensure that appropriate sample testing and the issue of blood components and products are performed safely, accurately and in a timely manner, for every patient and in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations (BSQR) 2005. The post is responsible for developing, (undertaking when necessary) and advising on both routine and specialised haematological investigations providing a Blood Transfusion support service. The post also carries a responsibility of working with the Training and Development Senior BMS to ensure competency and training is maintained to the required standard.
We are a team who are passionate about healthcare, patients and progression. HSL has recently started its own BMS Academy and is continually investing in our staff present and future.
At HSL we offer a variety of excellent staff benefits including:
- Training and development opportunities – supporting professional development
- Annual salary review - salary and progression are aligned to our internal transparent pay structure (Progression Plus), supporting career development and structured annual salary reviews
- Discounted gym membership – we have a corporate gym membership scheme with Better Gyms
- Cash healthcare plan – cash back on a variety of healthcare costs including dentist and opticians
- Sick Pay Entitlement – one month’s full pay and one month’s half pay after probation
- Permanent Health Insurance and Death in Service Cover
- Life Assurance – providing salary continuation for long term illness (six months qualifying period)
- Employee Assistance Programme – supporting staff wellbeing
- Season Ticket Loan Scheme – interest free loan for the cost of annual travel ticket
- Perkbox – Access to additional staff perks and benefits such as high street discounts
- Company Pension Scheme – company and staff contributions which increase with service
- Competitive annual leave allowance – 29 days
- Flexible working hours – we support and offer flexibility around shift patterns and working schedule
Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.
We respect and value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from diverse communities.
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