Senior/Blood Professional Assistant

Health Sciences Authority

Fixed Terms

Closing on 30 Dec 9999

What the role is

About HSA

We are a statutory board under Ministry of Health that regulates health products, serve the administration of justice, secure the nation's blood supply, and safeguard the public's health.

About Blood Services at HSA

We secure the nation's blood supply by ensuring a safe and adequate blood supply for public and private hospitals.

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HSA Blood Services:

Calling out to those with a Passion to Serve

If you are on the lookout to transition into a healthcare role in a Public Service setting, we would like to hear from you.

We are looking for driven individuals to be part of HSA's Blood Resources Division- Blood bank team, where you will play a key role in securing the nations' blood supply. In this front-facing role, the individual will perform essential blood collection support duties in a dynamic and close-knit team. If selected, you would be deployed to one of the existing blood bank sites (One Punggol/ Woodlands/ Dhoby Ghaut) or mobile team.

What you will be working on

BPA Responsibilities: -

• As a first point of contact with Donors at our blood collection centres, handle enquires, assist with next appointment bookings, and manage feedback accordingly.
• Perform registration duties which include registering donor for donation and phlebotomy linking.
• Conduct haemoglobin testing and capping which includes taking blood for haemoglobin test, explaining to donor on deferral if required, checking, sorting blood bags and sample tubes before passing it to the laboratory.
• Support blood collection team with necessary Operational Admin follow up duties.

SBPA Responsibilities: -

In addition to above, our SBPAs will support blood collection processes (Interested candidates with limited exposure to Phlebotomy are welcomed to . Training will be provided prior to deployment)

• Candidates who are competent Phlebotomists will be deployed to support blood collection operations within donation rooms
• Those with limited exposure to Phlebotomy will assist with the following blood collection support processes while undergoing training;
• Assist phlebotomist in Whole Blood (collection of blood in its complete form, not separated into its various components) pre and post donation procedure which includes blood bag preparation, bandaging and stripping of blood bags
• Support Apheresis (an automated process where plasma, platelets or red cells in the blood drawn is separated and remaining components are returned to donor during the donation process) pre & post donation which includes registering donors and test tubes preparation
• Conduct capping which includes taking blood for haemoglobin test, explaining to donor on deferral if required, checking, sorting blood bags and sample tubes before passing it to the laboratory

What you can look forward to: -

• Comprehensive training and extensive Learning and Development opportunities and career progression prospects for all qualifying officers
• A competitive total package comprising of basic salary, shift allowances, bonus payouts and other staff benefits.

What we are looking for

Requirements: -

• Minimum GCE N/O Level and above or equivalent
• Team members will be rostered to support morning, afternoon and weekend shifts, across a 5-day work week and are not required to perform night shift.
• Applicants with recognised Phlebotomy skills and/or 2 year or more of working experience in similar settings will be considered for SBPA positions
• Willing to be deployed to Bloodbanks at OnePunggol, Woodlands or Dhoby Ghaut.

Our Blood banks operate 6 days a week*, between 9am – 8pm*

(Operating days/hours vary based on location).

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Shortlisted candidates would be contacted within 30 days from the closing date of the advertisement. We regret that only shortlisted candidates would be notified.

About Health Sciences Authority

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) applies medical, pharmaceutical and scientific expertise through its three professional groups, Health Products Regulation, Blood Services and Applied Sciences, to protect and advance national health and safety. HSA is a multidisciplinary authority. It serves as the national regulator for health products, ensuring they are wisely regulated to meet standards of safety, quality and efficacy. As the national blood service, it is responsible for providing a safe and adequate blood supply. It also applies specialised scientific, forensic, investigative and analytical capabilities in serving the administration of justice.
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About your application process

This job is closing on 30 Dec 9999.

If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the job ad closing date, we seek your understanding that it is likely that we are not moving forward with your application for this role. We thank you for your interest and would like to assure you that this does not affect your other job applications with the Public Service. We encourage you to explore and for other roles within Health Sciences Authority or the wider Public Service.