Renal Transplant Co-ordinator (XR07)
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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Job summary
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring effective interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary partnership working with key services. They will play an integral role in order to develop the strategic provision of this service. They will be responsible for the development of a clinical pathway and the overall journey of the patient ensuring that patients are managed in accordance with national standards and guidelines.
They will be responsible for managing their own caseload of patients and the assessment process, referring patients appropriately to other healthcare professionals, medical, surgical psychological and social.
They will provide and manage an expert specialist service, developing an advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability in the provision of care acting as an ambassador for organ donation and transplantation
They will participate in a 24/7, 365 days a year on call rota, receiving referrals of organs offered for transplantation from the UK and Europe taking into account the donor aetiology and clinical status with the consultant on call to ensure safe, efficient and seamless co-ordination of transplant surgery.
Job responsibilities
The Abdominal Medicine and Surgery Clinical Service Unit is the largest within Leeds Teaching Hospitals. It includes Renal, Urology, colorectal and HPB services.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest NHS trusts, with over 21,000 staff, Last year it cared for more than 1.6 million patients. It provides world leading care in many fields including living and deceased transplants and cancer care.
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