Tissue Donation Support Worker - London, United Kingdom - NHS Blood and Transplant

NHS Blood and Transplant

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Tissue Donation Support Worker

Job Summary
NHS Blood and Transplant is an integral part of the NHS.

Operating a network of centres across England we collect around 2 million units of blood, stem cells and tissues a year, converting them into safe and effective blood components, blood, stem cells and tissue products for use in the treatments of patients.

We also facilitate over 4,000 organ transplants every year. Our purpose is to save and improve lives. Our ambition is to be the best organisation of our type in the world. You could help us to get there.

Every year, hundreds of lives are saved with the help of donated organs such as hearts and kidneys, but you may not realise that donated tissue such as skin, bone and heart valves can also save and dramatically improve the quality of life for many.

To support and assist in the work of the Regional Tissue Retrieval Team, the post holder will work flexibly across the range of activities as rostered and will additionally assist in developing the service in anticipation of future clinical needs.

We offer a dynamic and friendly working environment where teamwork is highly valued. Personal development is also considered a priority and our extensive training and development opportunities are open to all.

Main duties of the job
NHS Blood and Transplant, Tissue Services is the UK's major provider of human tissue for transplant.

Our role is to co-ordinate, recover, process, bank and supply human tissue grafts for use in surgery within the National Health Service (NHS) and independent hospitals in the UK with patient safety our core principle.

You will work as part of a team to support and assist in the work of the Colindale Support Team and Retrieval Teams
You will be required to carry out duties related to the preparation of donation kits and consumables for the Surgical and Deceased Tissue Donation programmes
You will Monitor and maintain laboratory stocks and supplies on a daily basis to help optimise use of consumables and reduce wastage. Check and distribute incoming goods in a timely manner. Prepare stores orders, record receipt of goods inward
You will be able to lift and carry items up to a weight of 15kgs, with and without the use of mechanical aids

About You

Experience and Knowledge

Experience of working with Information Technology using Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

Qualifications and Training

An interest in science, demonstrated through qualifications, training or work would be an advantage but is not essential

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 22/02/2023

For informal enquiries please contact - Name: Bhaskar Rathod,

Job Title:
Living Tissue Donation Specialist_