Transfusion Practitioner

Transfusion Practitioner

The closing date is 26 January 2026

We have an exciting opportunity to apply for the role of a Transfusion Practitioner Band 6, part time 15 hours per week, to be worked over 2 week days. This post is at Ipswich Hospital, however cross site working to Colchester Hospital may be required.

We are looking for a highly motivated experienced individual to join the Blood Transfusion Team, to work alongside experienced Transfusion Practitioners, Consultant Haematologist's and Laboratory Managers. You will be a registered healthcare professional (NMC or HCPC or other appropriate professional body).

As part of the team, you will work with colleagues Trust wide to maintain patient safety and improve the service to patients receiving blood components and products. You will work to change and develop the services guided by national guidelines and recommendations from the MHRA and other relevant bodies.

If you have an interest in blood transfusion and you want to develop your expertise and abilities further in this specialist and exciting field, this is an excellent opportunity for you.

The hospital transfusion team will support you in your role and you will have every opportunity to continue your professional development.

The principal objective of the post is to provide a link between the laboratory and rest of East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust to ensure MHRA compliance for blood transfusion across the site by:

• Assisting the Trust to maintain compliance with legislative and regulation requirements in relation to Blood Transfusion
• Implementing and monitoring standards in relation to blood sampling, collection and administration
• Reporting incidents to MHRA via SHOT and SABRE
• Membership of Hospital Transfusion Team (HTT) and Hospital Transfusion Committee (HTC)
• Working with the Transfusion Laboratory Manager to correct deficiencies in the system

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

• Teaching or mentoring experience
• Varied experience of the blood transfusion service.
• Managerial experience

• Educated to degree level
• First level registration with NMC or HCPC or other appropriate professional
• MSc in Transfusion or relevant subject.
• Qualification in Teaching.

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.

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata