Transfusion Medicine - Consultant

To lead and manage the Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine services, ensuring safe, timely, and quality-assured blood and blood component availability. The role will be responsible for clinical governance, regulatory compliance, quality management, team leadership, and efficient functioning of the department.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall functioning and clinical operations of the Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine department.
• Ensure round-the-clock availability of safe blood and blood components as per hospital requirements.
• Supervise blood collection, component separation, storage, testing, compatibility testing, issue, and transfusion practices.
• Ensure compliance with NBTC, NACO, CDSCO, State Blood Transfusion Council, and other applicable regulatory requirements.
• Ensure adherence to SOPs, quality standards, documentation, and statutory requirements.
• Oversee donor screening, blood collection, adverse donor reactions, and donor counselling.
• Supervise immunohematology, transfusion testing, antibody screening, cross-matching, and investigation of transfusion reactions.
• Establish and monitor protocols for massive transfusion, emergency blood release, rare blood groups, and special transfusion requirements.
• Ensure proper maintenance of blood/component inventory, cold-chain management, storage conditions, and wastage control.
• Monitor and investigate transfusion reactions and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Drive quality improvement, audits, internal quality control, proficiency testing, and accreditation requirements.
• Coordinate with clinical departments, OT, ICU, Emergency, Obstetrics, Oncology, Transplant, and other high-demand specialties.
• Lead and mentor doctors, technical staff, nurses, counsellors, and other Blood Bank personnel.
• Prepare manpower plans, duty rosters, training programs, and competency assessments.
• Monitor departmental KPIs including blood/component availability, turnaround time, wastage, rejection rates, transfusion reactions, and inventory levels.
• Participate in hospital committees related to transfusion safety, infection control, quality, and patient safety.
• Ensure preparedness for emergencies, disasters, mass casualties, and high-volume transfusion requirements.
• Liaise with external blood banks and authorities whenever required for blood/component support.
• Promote appropriate and rational use of blood and blood components across the hospital.

Qualification

• MD/DNB in Transfusion Medicine preferred.
• Candidates with relevant postgraduate qualification and appropriate experience in Blood Bank/Transfusion Medicine may also be considered, subject to applicable regulatory requirements.

Experience

• 8–12+ years of relevant experience, preferably in a tertiary-care/multispecialty hospital.
• Experience in leading a high-volume hospital Blood Bank and managing NABH/NABL or equivalent quality and regulatory requirements will be preferred.

Key Competencies

• Strong clinical and technical expertise in Transfusion Medicine.
• Leadership and team-management skills.
• Strong knowledge of blood-bank regulations and quality systems.
• Excellent coordination and communication skills.
• Ability to manage emergency and high-pressure situations.
• Focus on patient safety, quality, compliance, and operational efficiency.