Job Description
Job Summary
Our team oversees organ and tissue donation to maximise donation opportunities to save as many lives as possible through transplantation. We ensure we do our amazing donors justice and give a lifeline to thousands of people every year. We provide support and guidance to patients and families to ensure we deliver a world-class service.
This role is based at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and will also cover Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton.
Main duties of the job
You will play a key role in saving and improving lives through being an ambassador for our services and be a central point for medical teams to help deliver and facilitate a successful organ and tissue donation process. You will have the opportunity to help patients and families and unite team to deliver life-saving services.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Using your clinical skills and experience to ensure the safety of our donors and recipients.
- Coordinating the theatre process to ensure a safe and effective retrieval of organs and tissues.
- Responding to referring hospitals to provide advice, information and support.
- Undertaking patient assessment and screening to identify potential donors.
- Communicating with hospital colleagues to facilitate the organ donation conversation with families.
- Advising on interventions in the appropriate clinical management of the potential donor.
- Developing key relationships with hospital colleagues to ensure that no opportunity for donation is missed.
- Acting as an Ambassador to promote organ donation.
About You
Experience and Knowledge
- Have experience of a specialist healthcare environment working with families of those who have suffered a bereavement.
- Demonstrate experience of using Microsoft Office packages and iOS to prepare documents, deliver presentations and communicate.
- Have experience of leadership or be willing to develop this skill.
- Have experience in an acute hospital setting or end of life care.
Qualifications and Training
- Be a Registered Nurse with current Nursing and Midwifery Council registration; RN1 Adult Nurse level 1, RNA Adult Nurse level 1, RN8 Children’s Nurse level 1 or RNC Children’s Nurse level 1 (which must be maintained)
- Hold a relevant nursing qualification OR equivalent job-related experience
- Demonstrate commitment to own Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
- Possession of a valid driving licence, allowing you to drive the UK
Please view the attached recruitment profile which is a summary of the detailed Job Description and Person Specification for the full personal attributes we require for the role. You will need to demonstrate these throughout the recruitment process.
About Us
At NHS Blood and 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.
It’s an opportunity to contribute to a unique team as part of a service that saves lives 365 days a year. We offer brilliant benefits including 27 days of holiday (plus bank holidays), a comprehensive induction and training programme, and 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 Sunday 27th April 2025
Interviews are anticipated to be held on 6th/7th May 2025 – subject to confirmation
For informal enquiries please contact Brian Tierney, Lead Nurse Organ Donation, Brian.Tierney@nhsbt.nhs.uk
