Regional Tissue Donation Nurse Specialist

Job summary

Please be advised we have one Permanent Part-Time post available, working 22.5 hours per week, and two Fixed Term/Secondment posts available for 12 months, working 37.5 hours per week.

This exciting new post will provide an opportunity to influence after death culture with regards to tissue donation.

The post will require high level communication and negotiation skills with senior NHS colleagues and will be a fantastic networking opportunity.

The post also requires the coordination and delivery of teaching and training NHS colleagues in this unique, dynamic area of after death care.

Main duties of the job

You will be the lead in the promotion and normalisation of tissue donation after death within your geographical regions in both hospital and out of hospital settings. Your responsibilities will include:

You will create robust, sustainable high quality referral systems for tissue donation after death in both hospital and out of hospital settings.

You will work with the Lead Nurse, Out of Hospital Referral Systems regarding strategic planning to ensure an adequate supply of quality tissue for transplantation and research.

You will be the regional point of contact for Tissue Donation and support for professionals and the critical link within the wider community

You will be the professional link with Chief Nurses, Directors of Nursing and managers within the region in collaboration with the Lead Nurse, Out of Hospital Referral Systems.

You will be the professional and clinical link with Specialist Nurses (Organ Donation) and Clinical Leads (Organ Donation) within the region and to be an active, effective member of external Donation Committees and be the representative and ambassador for Tissue Services.

You will provide regular and effective education and training sessions for relevant groups of health care professionals with regards to raising awareness of tissue donation.

You will ensure that there is visible, pre emptive information regarding tissue donation for families, the general public and relevant health care professionals within geographical regions

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 inthe 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.