Associate Medical Director for Donor Medicine and Plasma for Medicine Before you apply -Turn on alerts for jobs like this!

The purpose of the post is to lead and support the clinical work and goals of the Plasma for Medicine and Donor Medical Teams and provide wider clinical input into the national working of the Transfusion, Blood Supply, and Donor Experience Directorates. The incumbent will be a member of the Transfusion Senior Leadership and Management Team and will have demonstrable clinical leadership and management skills. The post-holder will:

• be part of the team of health care professionals providing and leading clinical services to blood donors and blood components, primarily in the Blood Supply and Plasma Directorates and also nationally with the devolved UK blood services.
• contribute to the education strategy, development and oversight of the Specialty and Associate Specialist (SAS) doctors in the Donor Medicine team.
• make an active contribution to the development of national clinical policy in respect of donor health and donor selection guidance.
• make an active contribution to blood component development and guidelines at a national level.
• make an active contribution to the development of new plasma for medicine products.
• advise on red cell Immuno-haematology strategy in donor blood typing and advise on appropriate blood and plasma products for clinical practice.
• participate in the high-level medical director on-call rota including out of hours.
• organise/participate in teaching and training for the multidisciplinary team of medical trainees, postgraduate doctors, nurses, and scientific staff.
• understand the NHSBT Clinical Governance frameworks and ensure that they are adhered to in all the clinical areas for which they have responsibility.
• participate in Continuing Professional Development
• contribute to and, where appropriate, take the lead in a systematic programme of clinical audit, including regionally and nationally.
• develop specialist areas according to personal and professional priorities in the context of organisational objectives.
• participate/ collaborate in clinical research across transfusion, plasma for medicine, and translational medicine.
• participate in teaching and training regionally and nationally of medical and non-medical staff. To contribute to the teaching programmes for Haematology and Transfusion Medicine Specialty Registrars preparing for the part I and part II of the FRCPath examination and advanced diploma, including visitors from overseas, and to the teaching and training of the scientific trainees where their work includes clinical responsibility (such as HSSTs)
• participate in the NHSBT consultant appraisal and revalidation programmes and job planning for NHSBT.
• undertake other medical functions within the NHSBT Transfusion Clinical Directorate as required in co-operation with the MD Transfusion
  
  The appointee will have good communication skills and be able to work effectively as part of a team. The appointee will have a track record as an effective team leader with an understanding of current NHS management and be fully aware of the responsibilities that a consultant post brings.