Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Lead Retrieval Nurse - Transplant

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen where we are now looking for an experienced Transplant Retrieval nurse to lead a highly specialised Transplant Retrieval nursing team. We are looking for an individual who is an experienced nurse in the field of Cardiothoracic Transplantation. The candidate must be already practicing at Band 7 or 8 levels. We need someone professional and highly motivated to provide the nursing team with clinical leadership and innovation in looking at new ways to develop the teams and solidify all the excellent work that has already been achieved to take this team into the next chapter at Royal Papworth Hospital.

In the Transplant team, we are dedicated to providing specialist, professional care to our patients and their families in a welcoming and committed atmosphere. Our work is wide-ranging, and we are well respected both nationally and internationally. The post offers many opportunities to develop and shape the service and contribute to the senior leadership team across the Surgical, Transplant and Anaesthetic Division.

Main duties of the job

Reporting to the Head of Nursing for the Surgical, Transplant and Anaesthetic Division, you will ensure partnership working within and across teams in promoting service development. You will be visible and supportive to the teams and empower them to develop. As a lead nurse, you will ensure service standards and guidance are achieved. You will coordinate a comprehensive and integrated service alongside the multidisciplinary team.

Providing clinical and managerial leadership to the Transplant nursing team, ensuring high standards of care are achieved in service delivery with the smooth running and development of the team. You will participate in and lead audits and contribute to audits and research locally, nationally and internationally. You will actively participate in mentoring and educating the team and the wider nursing workforce and participate in the on-call Transplant rota. You will also actively support the ongoing development of Transplant services within the organisation alongside the senior management team in line with Trust priorities and national guidance. The role will involve working corporately to deliver specific nursing strategies across the Trust to ensure that the Transplantation speciality is considered.

About us

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.

Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

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Date posted

01 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

175-2324-1-TX377

Job locations

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Valid NMC registration.
Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience.
Advanced Clinical assessment course.
Non-Medical prescribing course.
To have attended a National organ retrieval service masterclass.

Desirable

Leadership qualification.

Experience

Essential

Leadership and managerial expertise (demonstrable evidence of able to manage a team).
Proven experience of working within the National organ retrieval service Transplant team (NORS).
Ability to interpret clinical information and report as appropriate.
Evidence of experience in clinical assessment and prescribing.
Proven experience of undertaking audits, Serious Untoward Incidences and change management skills.
Demonstrable evidence of mentoring and preceptorship.
Experience and training in staff development, coaching, supervision and teaching.
Experience of writing and implement Standard Operating Procedures in own area of practice.
Ability to work autonomously.
Experience of collaborative working with the multi-disciplinary teams.
Ability to prioritise own work.
IT skills -- good working knowledge of MS office applications.
Able to facilitate and support learning.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to input into an electronic patient record.

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
Ability to deal with many conflicting priorities.
Flexibility: Ability to cope with new and changing demands and emotionally demanding situations e.g dealing with distressed patients and sometimes challenging visitors and staff

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Valid NMC registration.
Educated to Masters level or equivalent experience.
Advanced Clinical assessment course.
Non-Medical prescribing course.
To have attended a National organ retrieval service masterclass.

Desirable

Leadership qualification.

Experience

Essential

Leadership and managerial expertise (demonstrable evidence of able to manage a team).
Proven experience of working within the National organ retrieval service Transplant team (NORS).
Ability to interpret clinical information and report as appropriate.
Evidence of experience in clinical assessment and prescribing.
Proven experience of undertaking audits, Serious Untoward Incidences and change management skills.
Demonstrable evidence of mentoring and preceptorship.
Experience and training in staff development, coaching, supervision and teaching.
Experience of writing and implement Standard Operating Procedures in own area of practice.
Ability to work autonomously.
Experience of collaborative working with the multi-disciplinary teams.
Ability to prioritise own work.
IT skills -- good working knowledge of MS office applications.
Able to facilitate and support learning.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to input into an electronic patient record.

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration
Ability to deal with many conflicting priorities.
Flexibility: Ability to cope with new and changing demands and emotionally demanding situations e.g dealing with distressed patients and sometimes challenging visitors and staff

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

Employer's website

https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

Employer's website

https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/working-here (Opens in a new tab)