Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated nurse to join our team of Living Kidney Donor Transplant Specialist Nurses as a Band 6, based at the Transplant Centre in Oxford.
As part of a nurse-led team you will be coordinating the care and guiding potential living kidney donors through their workup process, scheduling surgery, and providing annual follow after surgery. You will manage your own caseload of potential living donors and will act as a donor advocate, ensuring kidney donation is safe for our donors.
The living donor team operate the direct donation programme, as well as the national living kidney donor sharing scheme (involving incompatible donor/recipient pairs and altruistic donors).
The successful post holder will demonstrate clinical expertise and excellent communication skills within this speciality. We are looking for someone who is a great team player, shares our ethos of compassionate excellence, and is dedicated and flexible with their approach to work. Problem solving and time management skills are a necessity.
After three months of starting this post and following a supportive period of training, you will join the recipient transplant coordinator on call team. The team provides a 24hr service, including weekends and bank holidays, coordinating all transplant offers for Oxford recipients. You would be covering shifts on-call from 0745h to 1945h with Transplant ward staff providing overnight cover.
Main duties of the job
Demonstrate the ability to respond to referrals and commence living donor evaluation in a timely manner.
Presenting living donor seminars to donors and their recipients in a group setting.
Co-ordinating donor investigations and outpatient clinics, from initial assessment to theatre listing and post donation follow up care.
Work in collaboration with outside organisations such as the Human Tissue Authority to ensure the legal requirements of living donation are fulfilled.
Demonstrating the ability to provide patients with information and appropriate educational resources throughout the work-up process
Demonstrating the ability to assess a donor in the follow up follow clinic
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Surgery and Oncology Division
JOB DESCRIPTION
Post Title: Specialist Transplant Nurse
Band: 6
Hours: 37.5
Accountable to: Clinically: Living Donor Team Lead
Professionally: Lead Transplant Specialist Nurse
Responsible to: Clinically: Living Donor Team Lead
JOB PROFILE
The Specialist Nurse will contribute to the care of a patient group by leading on defined aspects of care.
- Accept patient referrals to agreed criteria and be identified as the key worker for an agreed patient/client caseload.
- Provide advice, education and support to patients, their carers and other health care professionals.
- Practice clinically in agreed care settings according to approved protocols or guidance.
- Contribute to the smooth running of the designated service.
- Work across departmental boundaries.
- Liaise with other hospital and community teams along an agreed pathway to support the delivery of patient and family centred seamless care.
- Contribute to the on going development of the designated service.
KEY RESULT AREAS:
Clinical Practice:
Specialist Nurses will:
- Be a defined point of contact for patients/carers for defined episodes/pathways of care and provide clinical care, specialist nursing advice and psychosocial support.
- Work collaboratively and in partnership with other health care professionals, offering advice to colleagues.
- Assess health and psychosocial needs of individual patients, and provide care to meet these needs, through a process of shared decision making. Accept referrals to agreed criteria, and work in partnership with other professionals to deliver co-ordinated programmes of care effectively and referring patients to other practitioners as required.
- Deliver expert nursing care to patients in agreed practice settings, working as part of nursing/multidisciplinary teams.
- Communicate with patients in ways that empower them to make informed choices about their health and health care.
- Act as advocate for individual patients and the client group.
- Provide appropriate education to patients and their families to promote health and encourage self-care. NB. Education will br delivered on a one to one basis and in a patient seminar format.
- Use communication skills to impart information to patients and carers, and provide them with advice and emotional support in hospital/at home as appropriate.
- Maintain adequate patient documentation to NMC requirements for all patients seen and advice given in any practice setting and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required.
Leadership:
Specialist Nurses will be able to:
- Be involved in developing standards of care, practice guidelines and where appropriate Care Pathways for the patient/client group.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of nurse-led initiatives for the benefit of the identified client group, in conjunction with medical and nursing/AHP colleagues.
- Demonstrate and share clinical practice developments to provide evidence-based care, and contribute to service improvement in accordance with local policy initiatives.
- Contribute appropriately to clinical governance activities that relate to own area of practice and patient/client group.
- Support clinical and management teams in the delivery of Trust and Directorate objectives.
Education/Training:
Specialist Nurses will be able to:
- Maintain, advance and develop personal theoretical knowledge, high standards of clinical competence and professional development through self education and attendance at relevant courses of study
- Maintain own professional portfolio
- Contribute to the development of specialist nursing knowledge and skills to enhance and extend the practice of other nurses and health care professionals within the service
- Identify and address the educational needs of patients, families, carers and staff involved in the delivery of this service
- Provide specialist nursing support, information and education for patients, families and carers who use the service
- Contribute to the teaching and support of students from the multi professional team within relevant educational programmes
- Organise and contribute to relevant educational programmes and in house study days.
- Develop and maintain a peer network of support, information and learning with other specialist practitioners at a local and National level.
Improving quality and developing practice:
Specialist Nurses will be able to:
- Assist in the evaluation of the service and patient care, including monitoring of patient experience.
- Maintain awareness of relevant research, evaluations and audit, and act on this information in collaboration with colleagues to continually develop the service.
- Identify areas of risk and poor quality, and address these through appropriate governance structures and forums.
- Develop personal and professional knowledge through critical self appraisal, clinical supervision and networking with other health care professionals locally and nationally.
- Have responsibility to ensure annual appraisal, agree objectives which reflect local and national service needs and develop personal development plans.
- Advocate and contribute to a working environment that promotes continuous learning and development, evidence based practice and succession planning, as well as identifying learning opportunities at local and national levels.
- Have a high level of communication skills to enable the participation in the dissemination of practice through conferences and professional publications.
- Develop and sustain appropriate multidisciplinary working relationships to improve health outcomes and healthcare delivery systems.
- Contribute to protocols, documentation systems, standards, policies and clinical guidelines for others to use in practice.
- Ensure statutory and mandatory training updates, as well as role /speciality updates are completed and necessary records maintained.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Surgery and Oncology Division
JOB DESCRIPTION
Post Title: Specialist Transplant Nurse
Band: 6
Hours: 37.5
Accountable to: Clinically: Living Donor Team Lead
Professionally: Lead Transplant Specialist Nurse
Responsible to: Clinically: Living Donor Team Lead
JOB PROFILE
The Specialist Nurse will contribute to the care of a patient group by leading on defined aspects of care.
- Accept patient referrals to agreed criteria and be identified as the key worker for an agreed patient/client caseload.
- Provide advice, education and support to patients, their carers and other health care professionals.
- Practice clinically in agreed care settings according to approved protocols or guidance.
- Contribute to the smooth running of the designated service.
- Work across departmental boundaries.
- Liaise with other hospital and community teams along an agreed pathway to support the delivery of patient and family centred seamless care.
- Contribute to the on going development of the designated service.
KEY RESULT AREAS:
Clinical Practice:
Specialist Nurses will:
- Be a defined point of contact for patients/carers for defined episodes/pathways of care and provide clinical care, specialist nursing advice and psychosocial support.
- Work collaboratively and in partnership with other health care professionals, offering advice to colleagues.
- Assess health and psychosocial needs of individual patients, and provide care to meet these needs, through a process of shared decision making. Accept referrals to agreed criteria, and work in partnership with other professionals to deliver co-ordinated programmes of care effectively and referring patients to other practitioners as required.
- Deliver expert nursing care to patients in agreed practice settings, working as part of nursing/multidisciplinary teams.
- Communicate with patients in ways that empower them to make informed choices about their health and health care.
- Act as advocate for individual patients and the client group.
- Provide appropriate education to patients and their families to promote health and encourage self-care. NB. Education will br delivered on a one to one basis and in a patient seminar format.
- Use communication skills to impart information to patients and carers, and provide them with advice and emotional support in hospital/at home as appropriate.
- Maintain adequate patient documentation to NMC requirements for all patients seen and advice given in any practice setting and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required.
Leadership:
Specialist Nurses will be able to:
- Be involved in developing standards of care, practice guidelines and where appropriate Care Pathways for the patient/client group.
- Contribute to the development and delivery of nurse-led initiatives for the benefit of the identified client group, in conjunction with medical and nursing/AHP colleagues.
- Demonstrate and share clinical practice developments to provide evidence-based care, and contribute to service improvement in accordance with local policy initiatives.
- Contribute appropriately to clinical governance activities that relate to own area of practice and patient/client group.
- Support clinical and management teams in the delivery of Trust and Directorate objectives.
Education/Training:
Specialist Nurses will be able to:
- Maintain, advance and develop personal theoretical knowledge, high standards of clinical competence and professional development through self education and attendance at relevant courses of study
- Maintain own professional portfolio
- Contribute to the development of specialist nursing knowledge and skills to enhance and extend the practice of other nurses and health care professionals within the service
- Identify and address the educational needs of patients, families, carers and staff involved in the delivery of this service
- Provide specialist nursing support, information and education for patients, families and carers who use the service
- Contribute to the teaching and support of students from the multi professional team within relevant educational programmes
- Organise and contribute to relevant educational programmes and in house study days.
- Develop and maintain a peer network of support, information and learning with other specialist practitioners at a local and National level.
Improving quality and developing practice:
Specialist Nurses will be able to:
- Assist in the evaluation of the service and patient care, including monitoring of patient experience.
- Maintain awareness of relevant research, evaluations and audit, and act on this information in collaboration with colleagues to continually develop the service.
- Identify areas of risk and poor quality, and address these through appropriate governance structures and forums.
- Develop personal and professional knowledge through critical self appraisal, clinical supervision and networking with other health care professionals locally and nationally.
- Have responsibility to ensure annual appraisal, agree objectives which reflect local and national service needs and develop personal development plans.
- Advocate and contribute to a working environment that promotes continuous learning and development, evidence based practice and succession planning, as well as identifying learning opportunities at local and national levels.
- Have a high level of communication skills to enable the participation in the dissemination of practice through conferences and professional publications.
- Develop and sustain appropriate multidisciplinary working relationships to improve health outcomes and healthcare delivery systems.
- Contribute to protocols, documentation systems, standards, policies and clinical guidelines for others to use in practice.
- Ensure statutory and mandatory training updates, as well as role /speciality updates are completed and necessary records maintained.
Person Specification
Professional registration
Essential
- Registered nurse (adult) with NMC
Desirable
- Relevant post registration nursing experience
Shortlist Offline
Essential
- Add "2" for interview, "0" for rejected
Person Specification
Professional registration
Essential
- Registered nurse (adult) with NMC
Desirable
- Relevant post registration nursing experience
Shortlist Offline
Essential
- Add "2" for interview, "0" for rejected
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Transplant Outpatient's Department, Churchill Hospital
Old Road
Headington, Oxford
OX3 7LE
Employer's website
https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
