Advanced Blood Conservation and Transfusion Practitioner

Advanced Blood Conservation and Transfusion Practitioner, Band 7

We have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Blood Conservation and Transfusion Practitioner to join our team. The Blood Safety and Conservation Team (BSACT) brings together several interrelated areas of work within the Trust. The team offers a multidisciplinary approach to blood safety, conservation, and haemostasis management.

We offer all aspects of haemostasis management to a wide variety of surgical specialities across the Trust. Expert haemostasis analysis and the introduction of blood conservation techniques have resulted in:

• Transfusion reduction
• Decreased exposure to donor blood for patients
• Better anti-coagulation management
• Improved wound healing
• Shorter ITU and hospital stays

The role is firmly grounded in being a visible presence in clinical areas to ensure that staff are supported to achieve safe transfusion and conservation practices in the use of blood and blood components. This will encompass aspects of education, audit, and management, but is firmly grounded in appropriate care provision and work to promote high clinical standards in line with current practice guidelines. The post holder will work to the safe and efficient use of blood products through education, training, audit, and incident review in clinical practice.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide a highly specialist technical and diagnostic haemostasis service to the clinical specialities across the Trust.
• Identify procedures requiring extensive red cell transfusion to determine suitability for the use of cell salvage or other transfusion reduction strategies, advising clinicians appropriately. This will involve reviewing clinical case notes and blood usage data.
• Work with senior colleagues on the formulation of diagnoses and plan patient management in patients presenting with prothrombotic tendencies or haematological conditions, including appropriate anti-coagulation, anti-platelet, and anti-fibrinolytic therapy.
• Collaborate with pre-operative assessment and anaesthetic colleagues to ensure all information on techniques utilised is available for patients.
• Support education and training for staff as directed on safe transfusion practice.
• Promote best practice in transfusion and patient blood management, assisting with educating staff on how to use the Smart Fridge Technology, including remote electronic crossmatching.
• Identify areas requiring improvement through audit and incidents, addressing these through appropriate governance structures and trust forums.
• Act as a visible clinical presence across all OUH sites, fostering collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to ensure consistent, safe, and sustainable use of blood and blood components Trust-wide.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training, and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals: the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards, and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues, and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence.

Please refer to the attached PDF documents, which include the full job description and person specification for this role. These documents outline the key responsibilities, required qualifications, and competencies essential for successful performance in the position.