Basic Medical Scientist - Blood Transfusion

The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin has been designated as the Major Trauma Centre (MTC) for the Central Trauma Network and is forecast to manage an additional 1,531 trauma patients, of which 1,217 will have high-severity injuries. Over the last 2 years the Mater Trauma Steering Group has engaged with multiple key stakeholders in trauma care both nationally and internationally in preparation of becoming an MTC and is currently in phase 2 of the planning and accepting secondary patient transfers for trauma care.

The hospital has a new acute trauma ward and a 9 bed trauma rehabilitation ward, currently in development is a purpose built trauma reception unit in the emergency dept. as we develop as an MTC. Currently with 14 operating theatres, 35 Intensive care beds and 16 high dependency beds, the Mater Hospital provides one of the largest critical care services in the country.

The blood transfusion laboratory plays a pivotal role for a significant cohort of patients requiring urgent and emergency care in the acute hospital setting providing grouping and compatibility testing of blood and blood products for surgery, medical and emergency requests. As well as the development of the MTC, The Mater is home to an number of specialties; the national heart and lung transplant program, specialist centre for spinal surgery and cardiothoracic surgery (including ECLS/ECMO), National Isolation unit, specialist centre for haematology/oncology as well as serving a large population in Dublin’s North inner city. As a major teaching hospital the blood transfusion laboratory and Haemovigilance work closely with the emergency department and critical care to provide in-situ simulation for Code Red (major haemorrhage) events as part of a multidisciplinary team training.

The Blood Transfusion laboratory can provide the opportunity to develop as a medical scientist specialising blood transfusion and promote further educational studies at Master of Science level. The laboratory provides a single discipline blood transfusion on-call roster.​

For informal queries, please contact Sinead Barry Fuglstad on SineadBarryFuglstad@mater.ie

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