Medical Director, Transfusion

This is an exciting opportunity to manage and lead a national team of doctors, nurses and scientific staff developing them within multidisciplinary teams, ensuring clinical support to both NHSBT and the NHS more widely. The team includes Consultants with expertise in Donor Medicine, Component Quality and Transfusion Medicine as well as academics in these disciplines. In addition, the wider Patient Blood Management Teams, Hospital facing Customer Services Teams and the National Clinical Audit Team will also report to the MD Transfusion through an Assistant Director covering these functions. The appointee will be a doctor with substantial clinical and management experience as a Consultant, who is also a successful and confident medical leader used to leading multidisciplinary teams. The appointee will have a talent for strategic thinking and the ability to focus on key objectives. The post holder will have a track record of building relationships and influencing in the wider NHS. Team building and good communication skills and the ability to develop and motivate colleagues will be particularly important in this post. This role creates a tremendous opportunity to influence at the highest levels and make a real difference to both patients receiving blood and other components as part of their treatment and to improve the system of delivery. As with other senior clinical roles in NHSBT there is an opportunity for an individual to continue a small (20%) clinical commitment or to develop and lead an area of interest within the organisation, for example appraisal or RO or following an interest such as additional R&D or similar. This can be agreed on offer of the post. Job Purpose To deliver the overall clinical input for transfusion ensuring that this reflects relevant professional clinical guidance and is aligned with the strategic business plans of NHSBT, needs and requirements of the wider NHS and Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). To provide thought leadership, strategic thinking both to the internal Blood Supply Directorate and across the system. To lead academic teams to deliver R&D and clinical trials to improve the outcomes of recipients of blood components.