Job vacancy: Section Lead Haematology, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool

Job summary

Main area: Haematology/Transfusion
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24/7 shift pattern)
Job ref: 287-LCL-5-25

Employer: Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Liverpool Clinical Laboratories
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/02/2025 23:59

Section Lead Haematology

Band 7

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See Job Description for further details:

Overview of the role –

Facilitate the provision of the clinical technical services of the Transfusion laboratory by supervising and instructing staff and maintaining resources.
Supervise staff, organise and prioritise workload to meet demanding deadlines.
Communicate to the Transfusion Laboratory Manager such information as is required to maintain the continuing provision of the services.
Manage, communicate and assist the Laboratory Managers with personnel or personnel related problems.
Deputise for the Transfusion Laboratory Manager in their absence.
Undertake training of scientific and support staff.
Authorise and issue compatible blood components and pharmaceutical products.
Facilitate the keeping of adequate stocks of blood, blood product therapeutic materials and pharmaceuticals under rigorously controlled temperature environments, as appropriate for each component/product, to ensure patient safety.
Assist in the production of all Standard Operating Procedures for laboratory analyses, use of equipment, care of the working environment across all Department sites
Arrange and monitor annual maintenance contracts for laboratory equipment, standing orders and consumables including all sites where appropriate.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

BSc in Biomedical Sciences or equivalent
HCPC registered
Up to date CPD Record
Willingness to undertake study at Master’s degree level (if necessary)

Desirable criteria

One or more of following:  MSc in Biomedical Sciences / haematology / Transfusion (IBMS accredited)  Fellowship of IBMS by examination in Blood Transfusion or Transfusion Science.  MSc or FIBMS in another discipline in conjunction with IBMS Higher Specialist Diploma in Transfusion Science  Or equivalent qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

Extensive post registration experience in Haematology.
Demonstrable post registration experience in Haematology

Desirable criteria

Out of hours working in a medical laboratory

Skills

Essential criteria

Demonstrable ability to meet deadlines
Excellent communication skills
Numerate
IT and keyboard skills

Desirable criteria

Training experience

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Health & Safety awareness

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Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.

We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18^th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.