Blood Transfusion Administrative and Audit Assistant

1 week ago


Great Western Hospital Swindon, United Kingdom The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Part time
Job summary

 

This administrative and audit role for 15 hours per week is mainly office based and you would be working in a small and friendly team. Training will be given in-house and you will have a clearly defined role.

The Blood Safety and Quality regulations 2005 requires all NHS Trusts to keep records for 30 years of blood transfusions given to patients. Part of your role will be to ensure that the Trust complies with this legislative requirement.

Clinical staff regularly require training and assessment in administering blood transfusions and you will be responsible for booking staff onto the course, following up with their progress and ensuring spaces on course are filled promptly.

You will also be responsible for dealing with telephone calls and email enquiries.

You will be working within a small team in the Pathology department with opportunities for development and learning. The team is known for being friendly, inclusive and open to ideas and suggestions. We provide high quality training and support to our clinical colleagues and pride ourselves on our responsiveness and thoroughness to any given situation.

If you have the necessary skills and attitude, we would love to have the opportunity to meet you.

 

 

Main duties of the job

 

To work as part of the transfusion practitioner team, providing a high level of analytical support to the management and audit of blood transfusion data.

To assist the Lead Transfusion Practitioner (TP) with the upkeep and improvement of the electronic blood tracking system (Blood360) including maintenance and upkeep of training records connected to the system.

To provide administrative and audit support to the Transfusion Practitioner and transfusion team. This includes both national and local audit projects (participation required by NICE, CQC and CCG's) ensuring efficiency and reliability are maintained.

To create and manage spread sheets and databases for logging blood component traceability, wastage, staff training and competency stats.

To assist with producing regular data for traceability for Hospital Transfusion Team and Trust Transfusion Committee meetings to facilitate BSQR and MHRA compliance.

To record daily blood stock data and monthly blood component wastage as required by the national Blood Stocks Management scheme and NHS Blood & Transplant).

To manage and administer the booking system for staff competency training.

 

About us

 

Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust aims to provide a supportive and progressive culture where staff members' wellbeing is prioritised.



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