Band 6 Cellular Therapies Coordinator

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced haematology nurse to work at the forefront of clinical treatment delivery in our cellular therapies team as a coordinator within our cellular therapies team delivering CAR-T and Autologus pathways.

You will

* Have significant experience of caring for haematology patients

* Be prepared to deliver high standards of care, be well organised and an excellent communicator

* Support patients throughout the cellular therapies pathways

* Develop relationships with the inpatient wards, day unit and referring centres

* develop teaching skills and support the delivery of our cellular therapies educational program

* Work as part of a close team, escalate concerns and advocate for patients

* Be able to make decisions, work independently and feedback to the team

* Be supported by the team, lead nurse, Matron and Consultants

There will be opportunities to

* Expand knowledge and skills

* Explore professional development opportunities in clinical and management skills

* Be part of a national network of nurses, building relationships, sharing practice as part of EBMT nurses CAR-T groups

Main duties, tasks & skills required

* Work within a team

* Co-ordinate care including in patient, out patient and ambulatory pathways

* Maintain excellent records

* Support the team with service improvement by collecting audit data

* Support patients in clinics

* Ensure effective communications with external organisations, Trusts, and Registries

* deliver education strategies

* Maintain team working within JACIE standards

* Support management and medical teams with delivery of JACIE accredited care

* Support positive patient experience

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration

* Evidence of post registration CPD / post registration qualification in appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to FHEQ Level 6

Desirable

* To have or work towards advanced health assessment module

Experience

Essential

* Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC

* Significant post registration experience, with evidence of passion/ enthusiasm and knowledge for cellular therapies

Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence

* Demonstrate specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to Haematology/ cellular therapies.

* Experience and enthusiasm for teaching/assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting

* Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment

* Demonstrate understanding / experience / willingness to be a practice-based supervisor / assessor as detailed in the NMC

Desirable

* Experience in service development

* Experience in caring for acute and terminally ill patients

Additional Criteria

Essential

* Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge and competence

* Willingness to achieve competence in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices

* Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance

* Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances

* Ability to work a varied shift pattern where required and ability to work across UHB sites or off site in NHS premises where required

* Car Driver

* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

* Ability to work autonomously as part of the MDT.

* Ability to prioritise workload.

* Able to work flexibly to meet needs of client group

Desirable

* Cellular therapy reinfusion competency

* Chemotherapy competency

* Risk assessments- DATIX

* Experience in cannulation and venepuncture

* Good counselling skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

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.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Kate Gooding 

kate.gooding@uhb.nhs.uk 

01213716249