Specialist Nurse

4 weeks ago

Cambridge, United Kingdom NHS Blood and Transplant Full time

Job Summary

Would you like to be part of an expert team delivering life-saving and life-enhancing treatments where every day is different?

Would you like to work in a capacity where you can provide holistic and compassionate care to your patients on a 1:1 basis?

Our Therapeutic Apheresis Services (TAS) team delivers a range of life saving and life-enhancing treatments including Plasma Exchange, Red Cell Exchange, Stem Cell Harvest and CAR-T Cell Harvest to adults and children.

TAS treat a range of different specialties, including Sickle Cell Disorder, Haematological Oncology, Renal and Neurological Conditions. We are a highly trained and specialised team providing expert and compassionate care to a varied patient group. We work from 8 regions across the country, soon to be nine. Therapeutic Apheresis Services are expanding their service offering into Cambridge and the surrounding area.

No experience in Apheresis is required, a 12-week supernumerary period will be given and includes a full modular, academic, and practical training programme.

Main duties of the job

As a Specialist Nurse, you will work closely with the Lead Nurse to provide clinical care for patients and donors. You will work within a supportive team and will take ownership of providing one-to-one care to our patients. You will have the opportunity to develop your leadership, management and clinical skills. Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Carrying out therapeutic apheresis procedures using a variety of cutting-edge technology.
  • Working alongside your team to provide a high-quality, compassionate and effective care to our patients and donors.
  • Participating in and leading international studies, local audits and research projects to drive improvement in clinical practice.
  • Providing expert and compassionate apheresis treatments to patients within our Therapeutic Apheresis Services (TAS) Unit and on an outreach basis for neighbouring hospitals.
  • Deputising for the Lead Nurse when required to provide day to day leadership for the unit.

Participating in a 24 hour on-call rota, providing emergency treatments out of hours within your region.

About You

Experience and Knowledge

  • Have in-depth clinical experience in an acute setting.
  • Be able to support the professional development of yourself and others by mentoring in a clinical environment.
  • Show experience in identifying areas of clinical and service improvement.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of clinical effectiveness and best practice.
  • Have knowledge of patient safety initiatives, clinical governance and risk management.
  • Have experience of working with medical devices and technology.

Qualifications and Training

  • Registered Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration (which must be maintained).
  • Be able to demonstrate evidence of continuous professional development.
  • Possess a valid driving licence and access to a car to provide outreach services.

About Us

At NHS Blood & 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.

For you, it’s an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We also offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and a 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 Wednesday 5th June 2024.

Interviews are anticipated to be held TBC - subject to confirmation

For informal enquiries please contact - Elvio Pereira on Elvio.Pereira@nhsbt.nhs.uk

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