Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinato

Job overview

We are looking for a Band 7 Children’s Nurse who is ready to undertake the role of Bone Marrow Transplant coordinator to complement our existing nursing team.  As a Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator you will have to be equipped with knowledge and experience in Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant to help lead specialised nursing practices and to work within our dynamic and friendly Haematology and Paediatric Bone Marrow Unit. The successful applicant will join a multidisciplinary team of skilled and highly motivated staff who provide high quality care to children with a variety of haematology conditions that require transplant.

As the leaders in our speciality we would welcome you in developing your assessment skills, your management ability and leadership assertion. We will support you in your advance and extended nursing skills including, Leadership Courses, MSc Modules in the Presenting Child and Non-Medical Prescribing, where appropriate. We are committed to safety and quality and in your role you will be given the opportunity to contribute to service improvement projects and MDT competence. We are also proud of our JACIE accreditation and have received very positive feedback in CQC Inspection and our peer reviews.

Main duties of the job

• Provide focused Co-ordination of Pre and Post Stem Cell Transplant care, managing a case load of recipients and donors, responsible for ensuring that care is of the highest quality, placing the needs of children and their families at the centre of care deliver
• Assist the Lead Consultant for the Children’s Stem Cell Transplant Service, CNS for children’s Haematology, General Manager and Service Manager in strategic and financial planning for the Children’s Stem cell Service, helping to ensure that financial and performance targets are met and sustained.
• Promote, facilitate and provide multi-professional research, audit and education within the Children’s Stem Cell Service that delivers the Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) vision of delivering world class care and achieving excellence in all aspects of its business

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.  For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.