Head of Blood Donation Services

Are you a dynamic leader with a passion for saving lives? Do you have the vision and expertise to lead and inspire teams that are dedicated to ensuring a steady and reliable blood supply across the whole of Wales? If so, we want to hear from you!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and driven individual to join our Senior Leadership Team (SLT) at the Welsh Blood Service (WBS), within Velindre University NHS Trust. This role heads up the blood donation services, supporting the Director of WBS in providing strategic and operational leadership, financial and clinical management and ensuring effective oversight of key supply chain functions.
As a trusted healthcare provider, we work tirelessly to maintain the highest standards of quality, safety and donor experience. Our dedicated teams play a pivotal role in ensuring that hospitals throughout Wales always have the blood supplies they need.
You will lead the Blood Donation Services change programmes, under the WBS Futures initiative, that supports the WBS 5-year strategy and will be accountable for:
Ø Whole Blood and platelet apheresis collection teams
Ø Donor Engagement and Recruitment
Ø Planning, Resource and Logistics
Interested in the challenge and want to know more? Take a look at the job description attached. For an informal conversation about the role please contact Alan Prosser, Director WBS at [email protected]

Main duties of the job
You will be able to find a full Job Description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Velindre University NHS Trust will be recognised locally, nationally and internationally as a renowned organisation of excellence for patient and donor care, education and research.
Our values;
+ Caring
+ Respectful
+ Accountable
and who will complement our current experienced and specialist employees, who are passionate about working in an organisation with the ambition to provide world class services & care to our donors.
The WBS is immensely proud of the vital role it plays in modern healthcare, striving to save and transform lives through the generosity of donors. WBS is an amazing place to work and develop your career. Our caring and motivated staff are designing, developing and delivering improvements, which will enable the WBS to strive towards its vision of working with our staff & the people of Wales to deliver an easy to use, safe and sustainable service for blood and stem cell donation.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable., Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to apply the key principles of value based healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.