# Haemoglobinopathy Senior Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Location:** Central Middlesex Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 Inclusive of HCAS pro rata - per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon - Fri 09:00/ 9:30 - 17:00/17:30)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03T13:03:28.457Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/London_North_West_University_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Haemoglobinopathy_Sickle_Cell/Haemoglobinopathy_Sickle_Cell-v8159086
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8159086?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Join Our New Haemoglobinopathy Team at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of a newly established and innovative Haemoglobinopathy team at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. Following a successful bid, we have secured recurrent funding from NHS England via the Medical Technologies (MedTech) funding stream to enhance and sustain our current services.

This new service aims at directly addressing the concerns raised in the "No One’s Listening" report, tackling health inequalities and improving outcomes for patients living with haemoglobinopathies. We are recruiting into new positions including: Haemoglobinopathy Senior Nurses

We are looking for experienced, motivated, and compassionate senior nurses with a strong background in haemoglobinopathies or haematology, ideally gained in acute settings such as:

- Emergency Departments (ED)
- Intensive Care Units (ITU)
- Renal Units
- Haematology Inpatient Wards or Day Care Units

Successful candidates will work across multiple sites to ensure equitable access to elective and emergency red cell exchange services. Full training and supervision will be provided to support your development within this specialist service.

### Main duties of the job

- Responsible for administering specialist apheresis/complex treatment pathways/procedure.
- Administration of Blood products in line with Trust policy.
- To work in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines and as a named nurse for a defined group of patients and work within boundaries recognising personal accountability for:
- Providing positive clinical leadership, working collaboratively with the senior nursing and clinical teams to promote high standards of specialist apheresis care and the effective running of the clinical service.
- Acting as a professional role model providing direct and indirect expert apheresis clinical care that is evidence-based, and supports the professional development of others through the provision of ongoing specialist training.
- To assist in supporting the delivery of high quality, safe and effective apheresis care focused on improving outcomes and experiences for patients.
- To support specialist apheresis services providing specialist nursing expertise across the two sites.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge and expereince

**Essential**

- Relevant post registration experience within haematology specialty
- Experience of multidisciplinary working and working under supervision to deliver specialist care
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Blood transfusion skills
- Venepucnture and Cannulation

### Education and qualificationss

**Essential**

- NMC registrant
- Degree/Diploma in Nursing
- Evidence of continues professional development
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification

**Desirable**

- Recognised post-registration training relevant to specialty – Apheresis certification
- Masters Level study or willing to undertake

### Skills, abilities and attributes

**Essential**

- Knowledge of the therapeutic application of apheresis procedures
- Effective communications skills
- Ability to work effectively under pressure.
- IT Skills (Including proficiency with Microsoft Office Packages and accurate, fast typing skills)
- Ability to undertake surveys or audits, as necessary e.g. audit of clinical incidents
- Ability to work act as a role model/lead by example
- Willingness to learn and develop new skills appropriate to role

## Documents

- [heart values (pdf, 158.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2615)
- [guidance for applying (pdf, 914.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1549)
- [what makes us special? (pdf, 891.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1553)
- [haemoglobinopathy senior nurse jd (band 6) (pdf, 424.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10459625)
- [what makes us special - mobile friendly version (pdf, 379.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1551)

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