Cardiothoracic Lungs Advisory Group Chair

Job summary

The role of the Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Advisory groups is to advise NHSBT on all aspects of Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation and ensure equity of access and best outcomes for all recipients.

The Chairs of Solid Organ Advisory Groups play a key role in providing leadership and professional input in solid Organ Transplantation to NHSBT and the wider Donation and Transplantation community.

As the Chair of the Cardiothoracic Lungs Advisory Group, you will play a key role in the delivery of our strategy Organ Donation and Transplantation 2030: Meeting the Need.

Working alongside National and International leaders in the field of Donation and Transplantation you will be an integral member of the OTDT Clinical Team.

Note: The annual salary ranges from£105,504 to £139,882, prorated based on your agreed PAs and calculated by your substantive employer according to relevant experience, with payment made by NHSBT accordingly.

Main duties of the job

The major role of the Solid Organ Advisory groups is to advise NHSBT to help promote all aspects of organ transplantation and ensure equity of access and best outcomes for all patients. The Chairs of Solid Organ Advisory Groups play a key role in providing leadership and professional input in solid organ transplantation to NHSBT and the wider donation and transplantation community. Accordingly, Chair of the CTAG Lungs Advisory Group will be required to:

1. Chair:

The CTAG Lungs Advisory Group

The Chair, and the Advisory group, will have defined administrative and statistical support from NHSBT to help deliver the aims of the group.

2. Attend:

The CTAG Lungs Advisory Group

The CT Centre Directors meeting (acting as Co-Chair)

The Lung Allocation Group

Other Lung working groups or sub-groups as required

Monthly OTDT Clinical Team meetings

3. Advise NHSBT on:

Matters affecting organ donation and transplantation

Governance issues as requested

Responses to CUSUM signals

Ad hoc matters as appropriate

4.Work with Chairs of other Solid Organ Advisory Groups as appropriate.

5. Meet regularly with the OTDT Medical Director to agree key objectives; helping to support peer review; ensuring regular review of policies, regular review of outcomes; supporting research and development, innovation, and service improvement.

6. Promote the ambitions of the Organ Donation & Transplantation 2030: Meeting the Need.

About us

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, youll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need. Our three core values are what set us apart. They guide and inspire everything we do. By being caring, expertly meeting the needs of our patients and our people, and accepting nothing less than the best quality, we can do extraordinary work and help our people to do something extraordinary in their career, too. Three small words, one big difference - Caring, Expert and Quality. Together we'll save and improve more lives than ever. You will join us on our journey to create an inclusive workplace and aim to reflect the diverse communities we work with, and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.