Senior Nurse Practitioner

3 days ago

Bristol, United Kingdom NHS Blood and Transplant Full time

Senior Nurse Practitioner

Job Summary

The best part of being a part of the Clinical Support Team is knowing that you are providing a vital role in ensuring the safety of the blood supply.

As a Senior Nurse Practitioner, you will use your clinical knowledge to assess the eligibility of donors to give blood, deal with donors who have donation related complications, raise and take part in the investigation of quality issues and use your interpersonal skills to help resolve donor related complaints. There is ample opportunity to increase your knowledge of Transfusion Medicine. You will enjoy the challenges of being involved in clinical audit and quality improvement.

In addition to working for a unique, national NHS Employer, we will provide you with an extensive induction and ongoing development programme specific to this role to support you in achieving your career ambitions.

Main duties of the job

  • Accountable for ensuring the delivery of safe and effective care to blood and bone marrow donors.
  • Providing excellent post donation product management and expert advice to NHSBT departments and external organisations.
  • Acting with a high level of autonomy, the post holder will demonstrate critical thinking and skills in clinical decision making.
  • Working collaboratively with the organisation to meet the needs of donors and supporting the delivery of safe blood products.
  • Contributing to the wider development and strategic direction of the Clinical Support Team.
  • Communicating effectively with a broad spectrum of professionals, internal and external to the organisation, such as medical staff and General Practitioners, records and administrative staff, National Contact Centre, Senior Sisters/Charge Nurses and other NHSBT departments.

You will be required to travel and spend time away from base, which will involve working irregular hours and overnight stays when required, with prior notice

About You

Experience and Knowledge

  • Possess experience of planning and delivering teaching programmes within a clinical environment.
  • Demonstrate experience of planning, implementing and evaluating changes in clinical practice.
  • Experience of initiating and supporting the professional development of other staff, whilst supporting own development.
  • Understand the principles of clinical effectiveness and best practice. Has the ability to be flexible and to look beyond existing ways of working and boundaries to produce effective and innovative service delivery.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of clinical audit and research.

Qualifications and Training

  • Registered Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration (RN1 or RNA) with relevant post-registration experience.
  • Significant experience with evidence of either post-graduate education or equivalent demonstrable experience.
  • Evidence of significant experience in clinical history taking/ counselling.
  • Demonstrate commitment to own Continued Professional Development (CPD)

Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.

About Us

At NHS Blood and Transplant, we’re incredibly proud of the many talented people who come together every day to make our organisation the very best it can be. We have clearly defined values that are centred around offering exceptional care to our donors and their families. We take care of each other too and we focus on building our expertise so we can change lives, provide quality support and offer fulfilling careers.

It’s an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and competitive pension scheme.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with and positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality.

Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever


This vacancy will close at 23:59 on Sunday 17th November.

Interviews are anticipated to be held on Wednesday 11th December subject to confirmation

For informal enquiries please contact Robert McGuinness, Lead Senior Nurse Practitioner, Robert.mcguinness@nhsbt.nhs.uk

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