Hospital Transfusion Laboratory Support Worker

3 weeks ago

Dorchester, United Kingdom Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Full time

To work alongside NMC/HCPC-registered staff in HTL providing a timely, high quality, accurate and cost-effective service.

To record both final fate and traceability of blood components. This will include administration duties within the electronic blood tracking information system, where appropriate.

To collect and extract data for the production of statistical reports.

To assist with a range of clerical and administrative duties in support of the Transfusion Practitioners.

All flexible requests will be considered.
- Will always work within their scope of practice and seek advice from appropriate staff as required. They are required to be flexible, dependant on service needs.
- They must work according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) used within HTL.
- Will undertake in-house training, be required to have an understanding of Blood Transfusion Practice and must maintain an up-to-date training record.
- Will understand the importance of maintaining accurate documentation.
- Will perform essential tasks using the blood tracking system, or other available alternatives, to confirm the traceability and final fate of blood components or products issued.
- Will assist with the provision of support for users of the blood tracking system.
- May undertake training, under supervision, of other staff (Medical Laboratory Assistants (MLAs), porters, etc.) within their area of work practice.
- Will contribute to quality improvement activities including undertaking audit activities under supervision, implementing corrective actions and preventative actions as directed.
- Will ensure their Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) training is kept up to date.

At Dorset County Hospital, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff

Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.

This is an exciting time to join the pathology team in Dorset. We are making great progress with our vision to create a first class integrated pathology service for Dorset.

The "One Dorset Pathology" service for Dorset County Hospital and University Hospitals Dorset will provide all our service users with a consistent and high standard of service across the region, maximising efficiency in the use of resources.

Responsibility for Patients
- Processing work requests in a busy environment while maintaining good working relationships with colleagues and service users in a time appropriate to clinical need.
- Delivering indirect care to patients by supporting clinical staff in the use of the blood tracking system. There will be occasions when the post holder will be required to visit blood components to the clinical areas.

Responsibility for Policy and Service Development
- To perform all tasks in accordance with current SOPs and regulations to ensure a high quality service at all times.
- To ensure Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and GMP is observed in accordance with ISO15189, MHRA and Trust requirements.
- To assist in the updating of SOPs and associated documents appropriate to their area of practice.

Responsibility for Financial and Physical Resources
- Will be expected to use laboratory information systems in a safe and appropriate manner.
- Monitoring of cold chain compliance; to include traceability and fate of blood components, and blood products in line with GMP.
- Responsible for monitoring the safe use of Cold Storage Units within their area of operation.
- Responsible for maintaining stocks of educational materials for demonstration and training purposes.

Responsibility for Staff
- Will follow the Trust and Department codes of safety practice.
- Will be expected to take care for the health and safety of themselves, colleagues, patients and visitors, according to the Health and Safety at Work Act, 1974.
- Maintain the knowledge and skills required to perform their role within HTL.
- Report and escalate (without delay) any accidents, errors, incidents, near-miss events, risks faults or defects within the department as appropriate

Responsibility for Information Resources
- Ensure all records and information, including digital data, is maintained in accordance with ISO15189, MHRA and Trust Information Governance requirements.
- Deal with incoming and outgoing telephone calls.
- Assist with the maintenance of records using laboratory computer, or manual, systems.

Responsibility for Research and Development
- The post holder may be required to support validation, clinical audit or research activities for departmental development under the supervision of others.

Physical Skills
- The post holder will be required to walk around a number of hospital wards in search of physical evidence of transfusion.
- They will b

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