Applications are sought from Biomedical Scientists who have current HCPC registration and meet the person specification. It is desirable that applicants have either an MSc with a Transfusion specialism, an IBMS Higher Specialist Diploma in Transfusion Science or a Fellowship of the Institute of Biomedical Science (FIBMS) in blood transfusion or transfusion science.
You will join our friendly and enthusiastic team working in the busy Blood Science Laboratory as a Senior Biomedical Scientist within the Haematology & Transfusion department. You will help provide a 24-hour continuous service for the trust and you will help provide medical staff with a high-quality service, assisting your colleagues with providing accurate and timely results.
The Blood Transfusion Section Lead has responsibilities for the governance, performance, and quality of all aspects of the department under the direction of senior managers. The post holder will supervise the day to day running of the department to enable the provision of a high-quality Transfusion service that meets UK Pathology Accreditation Standards and BSQR legislation. The post holder will be expected to provide supervision of Transfusion team members, leading both professionally and technically, to ensure completion of the day-to-day work.
• Undertake manual, semi-automated and fully automated laboratory investigations on a rotational basis play a lead role in Blood Transfusion.
• Ensure that equipment is used in accordance with departmental policies and supplier’s instructions.
• Undertake routine and more complex maintenance procedures on the analysers within the Department. To carry out appropriate internal maintenance procedures and maintain maintenance records
• Undertake the repair of complex laboratory analysers and installing replacement components as requested by the supplier.
• Ensure prompt technical validation and authorisation of multiple test sets from laboratory investigations ensuring accuracy and precision as specified by laboratory protocols. Also to assess the validity of the results as to whether conflicting information is due to the pathology of the patient, contamination, or compromised integrity of the sample prior to release of the results for clinical validation.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
KEY DUTIES
Technical
• Undertake manual, semi-automated and fully automated laboratory investigations on a rotational basis play a lead role in Blood Transfusion.
• Ensure that equipment is used in accordance with departmental policies and supplier’s instructions.
• Undertake routine and more complex maintenance procedures on the analysers within the Department. To carry out appropriate internal maintenance procedures and maintain maintenance records
• Undertake the repair of complex laboratory analysers and installing replacement components as requested by the supplier.
• Ensure prompt technical validation and authorisation of multiple test sets from laboratory investigations ensuring accuracy and precision as specified by laboratory protocols. Also to assess the validity of the results as to whether conflicting information is due to the pathology of the patient, contamination, or compromised integrity of the sample prior to release of the results for clinical validation.
• Ensure the accuracy and precision of laboratory investigations within the section using appropriate quality control procedures.
• Carry out corrective action and record when the quality control procedures indicate loss of performance. Reporting to Operational Manager as necessary.
• Prepare reagents required for laboratory investigations.
• Inform the Operational/Service managers of any event which may cause a service delivery failure.
Diagnostics
• Use interpretive skills to determine the clinical significance of results of laboratory tests, for example, by:
- Preparing, examining and reporting on the analysis of specimens.
- Performing diagnostic tests by various methods
• Interpret diagnostic laboratory results and take appropriate actions by:
- Authorisation and reporting of results.
- Adding technical comments.
- Referring results to medical staff for a second opinion as necessary.
- Informing the requestor/medical staff of clinically significant and critical results.
Policies & Procedures
• Ensure the standard operating procedures (SOPs) are in place and adhered to.
• Participate in the regular review, production, and update/amendment of SOPs.
• Ensure the implementation of and compliance with all established Trust and Departmental policies.
• Ensure compliance with all current legislation, Department of Health & Transfusionguidelines.
• Assist in formulating & documenting departmental policies and procedures.
• Be familiar with MWL’s Trust policies on Health & Safety, Discipline, and Grievanceprocedures.
Clinical Governance & Quality
• Lead on governance/quality issues for the section working with the operational leads and service lead to ensure all aspects of governance are monitored and maintained in required order.
• Undertake method and laboratory instrument evaluation and produce statistical reports.
• Take appropriate action should the quality assurance systems be outside acceptable limits.
• Perform External Quality Control and be aware of the External Quality Control performance for the section.
• Present internal and external quality control performance and recalibration data at monthly departmental meetings.
Communication
• Communicate results verbally to persons authorised to receive them in a clear, concise and empathic manner, following appropriate policies and procedures.
• Provide advice and information to Laboratory, Ward nurses and clinicians, GP staff and patients regarding samples & sample handling including information on appropriate tests and collection conditions for in house, referred & infrequently requested tests.
• Deal with result queries imparting information to clinical users where information may be complex and difficult to understand.
• Communicate any relevant information to laboratory colleagues within the section and to inform effectively at hand over.
• Actively participate in team meetings and as required by more formal means such as presentations.
• Communicate Team Brief to Section and other departmental staff.
• Represent the Department on Directorate and/or Pathology related Trust groups as directed by the Departmental Manager.
• Provide technical advice away from work to staff working out of hours where difficulties arise.
• Train and motivate groups of laboratory staff.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• Maintain registration with Health Care Professions Council
• Adhere to the codes of conduct expected by the HCPC and the Institute of Biomedical Sciences
• Demonstrate competency to work autonomously in and out of hours.
• Maintain an awareness of developments and provide suggestions for implementation as appropriate.
• Keep the workplace and work benches clean and tidy.
• Maintain good working relations with all members or staff and to promote effective teamwork.
• Maintain and promote the professional image of MWL’s Pathology Department.
• Attend educational and training courses as required by the Departmental Manager. To maintain knowledge of advances in relevant scientific areas, through ContinuousProfessional Development activities
• Maintain and develop skills in all related areas if appropriate to satisfy the requirements of CPD, personal development plans, and the Knowledge and Skills Framework, and ensure working as a lone BMS in the Department is within your skill set.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
• Maintain departmental records and logs in accordance with Pathology Accreditation Standards, The Blood Safety & Quality Regulations 2005 (BSQR) and Care Quality Commission (CQC)Standards and Departmental Policies.
• Ensure that records are kept up to date and stored safely to ensure compliance with good work practices required for the standards of Pathology Accreditation Standards
• Comply with good laboratory practices required for the standards of Pathology Accreditation Standards, Health and Safety, BSQR and other legislation.
• Undertake work file management to ensure that reporting of results is carried out in a timely fashion.
• Regularly review and update all COSHH data in place in the Department.
• Ensure risk assessments are carried out for the work area.
• Ensure that the local and national policies for safe, secure, and confidential processing and storage of patient and other laboratory information are followed.
• Use the Pathology Computer System according to the authorised protocols.
• Enter results obtained by yourself and those obtained by others into Telepath.
• Check and correct, if necessary, information input by other laboratory staff.
• Maintain the integrity and accuracy of laboratory databases.
• Use Trust wide I.T. systems as appropriate following trust polices, guidelines and procedures.
• Assist in the audit of data held on the pathology laboratory information system.
• Be aware of actions to be taken in the event of PAS/LIMS failure.
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
• Section Leads have responsibility for the day-to-day supervision, education, and training of Biomedical Scientists (BMS), trainee BMS and Medical Laboratory Assistants (MLA)
• Section Leads must ensure the delivery of training, development and competenceand proficiency assessment for qualified, trainee and probationary Biomedical Scientists, MLA, and locum staff.
• Assist as required by the Departmental Manager in the organisation of, and delivery of formal training programmes for BMS, Trainee BMS and MLA staff.
• Undertake tutorial sessions to all department staff and to help complete staff competency portfolios.
• Act as mentors for Biomedical Scientists, Trainee Biomedical Scientists and MedicalLaboratory Assistants.
LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Supervise the day to day running of a section of the department, organising and prioritising the workload, allocating workload and resources to ensure the section runs as efficiently as possible with the available resources.
• Supervise staff and maintain the skill mix and staffing levels appropriate to the needs of the section on a day-to-day basis.
• Ensure staff maintain recognised scientific standards, and that agreed Quality Control procedures are carried out, monitored, and proactively managed informing the Operational Lead of any concerns.
• Ensure the validation and reporting of results is carried out in a timely manner and in accordance with Quality Control policy.
• Ensure staff in the section deal with abnormal, problem, and critical results promptly, deciding what action needs to be taken regarding checking the validity of results and informing clinicians and/or Consultant staff.
• Ensure all work meets defined procedures and standards.
• Allocate and co-ordinate the work of the section such that staff, equipment and materials are used safely and to maximum effect.
• Deputise for the Operational Manager as a named individual when required.
• Liaise in conjunction with the Operational Manager and other seniors between sections to ensure sufficient staff to maintain delivery of service.
• Ensure stocks of reagents and consumables are maintained at satisfactory levels, ordering reagents and consumable items as required. To manage and maintain the computerised stock control system.
• Participate in the recruitment and selection of Biomedical Scientists, Trainee BMS and MLA staff.
• Carry out Individual performance reviews and ensure objectives and personal development plans are managed appropriately.
• Ensure that ‘Clinical Incidents’ and ‘Near Misses’ are reported to the Trust, SHOT/MHRA and at Departmental Meetings following correct procedures.
• Act as Haematology & Blood Transfusion Co-ordinator in the event of a major incident call-out in the absence of more senior Haematology & Blood Transfusion Staff
This advert closes on Sunday 27 Oct 2024
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