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A vacancy has arisen for a statistician in the Statistics and Clinical Audit service of NHS Blood and Transplant, based in north Bristol. The salary will be on Band 5 of the Agenda for Change salary scale (£20710 - £26,839). New entrants to the NHS would normally start at the minimum of the band. Further details: NHSBT is responsible for optimising the supply of blood, organs, plasma and tissues and raising the quality, effectiveness and efficiency of blood and transplant services. A vacancy has arisen for a Statistician I in the Statistics and Clinical Audit Service of NHSBT. The Statistics and Clinical Audit service of NHSBT is responsible for the design and analysis of studies in organ and tissue donation and transplantation, blood donation and transfusion medicine. The service also undertakes clinical audits of blood and transplantation services designed to continuously improve the quality of care provided to donors and recipients of organs and blood components. The analysis and interpretation of results informs decision making on developments in donation, transplantation and transfusion, the clinical care of donors and patients, and equity of access to treatment. This post gives an opportunity for recent or potential graduates from a Masters programme in statistics, or an undergraduate programme with a substantial statistical component, to join a large team of statisticians and clinical audit staff and become involved in a wide range of statistical activities. The post will involve collaborative work with clinicians and others working in organ transplantation, blood donation and transfusion medicine and so the individual appointed will have excellent communication skills. The ability to work to deadlines, both individually and as part of a team, is essential and some knowledge of the SAS software is desirable. Informal enquiries about the post can be made to Professor Dave Collett, the Associate Director of Statistics and Clinical Audit (email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or telephone 0117 975 7546). Applications can be submitted on-line via the NHS jobs website at www.jobs.nhs.uk <http://www.jobs.nhs.uk/> ; use the search word of Statistician with a location of Bristol. The closing date for applications is Friday, 12 June 2009. Interviews are expected to take place on Thursday, 2 July 2009. Dave Collett Associate Director Statistics and Clinical Audit NHS Blood and Transplant Tel: 0117 975 7546 Fax: 0117 975 7438 Email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NHS Blood and Transplant Do something amazing today - Give Blood. Organ donation. The gift of life. You can visit us at www.nhsbt.nhs.uk +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The views expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender, and not necessarily those of NHS Blood and Transplant. This text confirms that this e-mail message and its attachments have been swept for the presence of computer viruses by NHS Blood and Transplant, however we cannot guarantee that they are virus free. All e-mails and their attachments to and from the nhsbt.nhs.uk domain may be archived, and their contents monitored.