Planning Coordinator - Birmingham, United Kingdom - NHS Blood and Transplant

NHS Blood and Transplant

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We're currently seeking motivated, committed and forward thinking individuals to undertake key roles at the NHSBT.

Our dedicated team collects, tests, stores and delivers blood, plasma and tissue to every NHS Trust in England and North Wales, as well as matching, allocating and analysing organ donations UK-wide.

As an essential service we're committed to positive transformation and are currently embarking on an ambitious programme of change.

Working closely with the Planning Manager, you will contribute to the entire Blood and CD Platelet programme planning in a specific area for mobile teams and Donor Centres, focussing on planning and implementing activities and initiatives to improve regional performance and deliver key objectives.

You'll undertake a range of tasks to support his work, including booking session venues, maintaining accurate data and preparing reports, and liaising with colleagues and contacts.

You'll also participate in regional programme management and get involved with improvement initiatives, ensuring that you consistently embed best practice in all areas of planning work.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your existing planning and scheduling skills and take responsibility for a range of administrative, customer service and planning tasks to support the smooth running of this crucial service.

Naturally, you'll recognise the importance of confidentiality and you will be committed to our core aims and values.

By joining us you'll have chosen to become part of a team that enables people in need to benefit from life-saving operations and treatments.

This is a chance to improve patient's lives - and yours.

Main duties of the job

You will be key to the successful planning of blood donation for mobile teams and Donor Centres within your geographical region.
You will be responsible for arranging appointment schedules for donors to take place at the right place and time to maximise blood donation and deliver donor loyalty.
You will be required to maintain accurate data regarding blood donation, venues, sessions, and appointment bookings.
You will be responsible for booking session venues and maintaining relationships with venue contacts.
You will be required to prepare performance data for weekly reports.

About You

Experience and Knowledge

Experience of working in an office environment
Knowledge of organising and prioritising a busy and varied workload

Qualifications and Training

Educated to A level standard, NVQ Level 4 or equivalent experience
Demonstrate commitment to own Continued Professional Development (CPD)

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 Sunday 8th January 2023.