Transplant Co-ordinator - Band 6

Job summary

A registered nurse who shares responsibility with the Transplant Co-Ordinator Team for the assessment of potential live donors and their recipients. Co-ordinates living kidney donation (LKD) and living kidney transplant (LKT) for a mixed caseload of patients from Bristol and other referring renal units. Facilitates entry of live donor pairs into the National Living Kidney Donor Sharing Scheme (NLKDSS)

Main duties of the job

A registered nurse who shares responsibility with the Transplant Co-Ordinator Team for the assessment of potential live donors and their recipients. Co-ordinates living kidney donation (LKD) and living kidney transplant (LKT) for a mixed caseload of patients from Bristol and other referring renal units. Facilitates entry of live donor pairs into the National Living Kidney Donor Sharing Scheme (NLKDSS) Has the ability to communicate effectively via phone/email/face to face with NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), Human Tissue Authority (HTA) as well as with potential donors and medical teams in the UK and abroad to facilitate live donation internationally.Provide education, expert advice and specialist support to patients, their families and staff on matters relating to living kidney donation/transplantation.

Prepare and present live donation cases at a weekly multi-disciplinary team meeting (MDT). Sensitively relay meeting outcomes to potential live donors and recipients, maintaining the confidentiality of both parties.

Facilitate a smooth process from initial referral through to operation and post-donation follow-up, ensuring statutory requirements for live donation and any necessary additional tests are completed satisfactorily. Participate in a 1:5 on call rota for deceased donor kidney offers, including at weekends

About us

North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residentsof Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospitalbuilding at Southmead.

We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and majorspecialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, wewill provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.

North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents avariety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from allunderrepresented groups.

Bristol is consistently voted the best place to live in the UK, with vibrant local music, artsand gastronomic scenes, a wide range of modern and state of the art shopping,recreation and leisure facilities, a wealth of great local family days out, fantastictransport links for local, national and internal holidays, and it has a rich history. If youprefer country, village or smaller town living, our Trust is also easily commutable from arange of attractive locations in North Somerset, South Gloucestershire and South Wales(such as Portishead or Chepstow).