Blood Donation Team Assistant

4 weeks ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom NHS Blood and Transplant Full time

**Job Summary**

Come and join the Cambridge Donor Centre to support us in the collection of Blood and Blood Products from our volunteer donors. The Cambridge Donor Centre is within the grounds of Addenbrooks Hospital, but there is free on site parking for our staff.

This is a casual hour’s role supporting the team as and when required and may involve working evenings, weekends or Bank Holidays, sometimes at short notice, but as it is a casual contract you have the flexibility to only work the days that you choose to do, so there is no guarantee of regular hours.

We work a variety of shifts, but the earliest start time is 7:30 and the latest finish time is 20:30 and we work 9.375 hour days.

You don’t need a medical background or any qualifications, we just need your friendly, flexible approach to make our volunteer donors feel welcome, at ease and valued. You will receive training to undertake this vital role.

**Main duties of the job**

You will work with the support of the blood collection team to cover the after-donation refreshments area.

The role involves you being on a casual hour’s contract working a variety of shifts including evening, weekends and bank holidays, sometimes at short notice, but you have the flexibility to only work on the days that you choose to.

**About You**

**Experience and Knowledge**
- Experience of dealing with the public

**Qualifications and Training**
- Good standard of numeracy and literacy

**Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.**

**About Us**

At NHS Blood and Transplant, we’re incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers.

It’s an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme.

Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality.

Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever.

This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Wednesday 18th January 2023.


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