<div><p>University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust</p><h3>Band 6 Transfusion Practitioner - Blood Bank Pathology</h3><p><b>The closing date is 24 June 2026</b></p><p>Band 6 Transfusion Practitioner – cross site working.</p><p>This is an exciting opportunity to join a small diverse transfusion practicioners team working across site at University Hospitals, ensuring the safety of patients undergoing blood transfusion. If you have a passion for teaching, training, investigating incidents, audits, producing educational materials and can adapt to challenging situations, this is the post for you. Everything we do impacts on patients safety surrounding blood components, so we aim, as a team, to promote and develop safe transfusion practice. The working hours are from Monday to Friday 0800–1600.</p><p>We are looking for an Allied Healthcare Professional nurse/midwife/biomedical scientist/ODP to complement our team. Applicants may contact the transfusion practitioners for an informal visit or discussion at 0121 424 1183 or 0121 371 5970.</p><h3>Main duties of the job</h3><p>Blood transfusion is a highly regulated field to ensure patient safety. This role plays a vital part in ensuring UHB complies with the Blood Safety and Quality Regulations and ISO15189 standards in relation to blood component storage and blood traceability. You will assist to ensure that UHB can demonstrate how it is complying with the regulations, undertake audits, report on a local and national level, investigate incidents, ensure findings are appropriately acted upon and evidence is completed to show the transfusion service is running safely and efficiently. You will also be encouraged to identify areas and plans for quality improvements. You will be well‑organised, able to converse with a wide range of staff groups and have a good understanding of clinical or laboratory transfusion practice within the UK. While in post you will be supported to understand the whole transfusion pathway through both the clinical areas and laboratory.</p><h3>About us</h3><p>University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For staff with a disability, including physical disability, long‑term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.</p><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li>Nurse/MW: Current NMC registration</li><li>BMS: HCPC registration as a Biomedical Scientist with a specialist portfolio in relevant area or equivalent experience</li><li>ODP: HCPC registration as an Operating Department Practitioner</li><li>All: BSc in relevant subject or equivalent experience in a relevant area and evidence of study at level 5</li><li>Evidence of post‑registration/qualification professional development</li><li>Recognised teaching qualification</li><li>Health Management / Care or Leadership Degree</li></ul><h3>Experience</h3><ul><li>Recent experience of working in an acute health care provider</li><li>Broad experience of transfusion in a clinical or laboratory setting</li><li>Audit and quality assurance experience</li><li>Experienced team member working in a multidisciplinary environment with established supervisory/team or shift leadership skills</li><li>Experience in learning from incidents/complaints and supporting changes in practice</li><li>Ability to demonstrate an understanding of blood/laboratory management systems</li><li>Ability to interpret blood results/diagnostic laboratory results</li><li>Knowledge of UK blood transfusion practice, laws and guidelines</li><li>Knowledge of Clinical Governance, audit, risk and compliance management and Health & Safety regulations</li><li>Demonstrate ability, experience, passion in the following:</li><ul><li>Leadership</li><li>Managing resources</li><li>Time management</li><li>Clinical governance</li><li>NHS policy and political awareness</li></ul></ul><h3>Additional Criteria</h3><ul><li>Positive and enthusiastic attitude</li><li>Approachable and friendly</li><li>Good command of spoken and written English</li></ul><h3>Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3><p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p></div>