Apheresis Charge Nurse - Clinical Haematology
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Job overview
In response to increasing demand being placed on specialist in-house apheresis services the team are being remodeled to meet the demands of the expanding service. As a result of this there is now a newly created permanent Band 6 position that has become available.
The Clinical Haematology serviceruns one of the largest blood and marrow transplant programmes (allogeneic and autologous) in Europe, successfully achieving and maintaining JACIE accreditation status, while operating as specialist tertiary centre. There are a total of 54-58 haematology beds across three wards. There is also dedicated out-patient and day care facilities that incorporates ambulatory care and the apheresis service. We take pride in the fact that we have been able to maintain an in-house specialist apheresis service supported by on-site dedicated cellular therapy laboratory facilities.
Therapeutic apheresis is a highly specialist technology that provides a comprehensive range of treatment procedures that can involve the separation, removal and replacement of blood components and constituents. The expanded clinical application of this treatment modality in recent years has enabled patients with a wide variety of diseases to be to be treated; leukodepletion for blood cancers, plasma exchange for haematology and neurology patients, as well as, collection of cellular products/harvesting of donors to support the haematopoietic stem cell transplant programme.
Main duties of the job
- To develop and maintain essential skills and experience that are essential to providing safe and effective care.
- To ensure effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of identified care needs.
- To deliver compassionate person-centred care, treating patients, their relatives/carers with dignity and respect.
- To promote and maintain effective communication with patients, relatives/carers and other staff.
- To act as a professional role model, demonstrating well developed leadership and communication skills.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
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