Lead Nurse - Paediatric and Neonatal OTDT

This is a brand new role which is critical to our future success of saving and improving lives.It is an exciting opportunity to lead and develop the paediatric and neonatal organ donation and transplantation strategy.

You will have the opportunity to network with both internal and external stakeholders and will engage them to assist in the development of best practice in this field.

This job offers a unique opportunity for you to make your mark and to become a world-renowned leader in this evolving field of organ donation and transplantation.

The organisation is committed to your personal development and as such will provide you with the opportunity to access training and development.

Main duties of the job

As a senior nurse and autonomous practitioner, you will be the professional specialist nurse lead for Paediatric and Neonatal Organ Donation and Transplantation in the UK who ensures that clinical excellence is maintained.

Using your highly specialist experience within this developing field of practice, you will be responsible for : -Providing expert professional advice to all specialist nurses in Organ Donation and Transplantation across the UK as a visible and credible expert role modelWorking with the National Clinical Lead for Paediatrics and other key stakeholders to negotiate and influence, effecting change in order to ensure there are appropriate systems, guidance and processes in place to deliver good quality clinical care through the implementation of national standards of practiceLeading the development and implementation of a national paediatric and neonatal organ donation strategy that complements the organisational and Transplantation strategy across the UKCommissioning and leading research to improve organ donation, transplantation and utilisation rates from the paediatric and neonatal population.

You will be required to participate in the on-call service to facilitate organ donation in line with the full Specialist Nurse Organ Donation job role.

When undertaking these duties, you will be accountable to the relevant Organ Donation Team Manager.

• Relevant recognised post graduate Nursing registration (NMC) such as critical care or paediatric nursing (NMC registration must be maintained)


• Teaching qualification or teaching experience in area of expertise.


• Possession of a relevant degree or equivalent qualification in an allied health related field


• Demonstrates commitment to own continued professional development (CPD)


• Possess a valid driving licence, allowing you to drive in the UK


Experience

Essential

• Evidence of commitment to Organ Donation and transplantation


• Thorough understanding of issues affecting Paediatric and Neonatal Organ Donation


• Awareness of current professional development within Paediatric and Neonatal Nursing in the NHS


• Experience of implementing effective change within team / across an organisation


• Experience of working with Information Technology using Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
  
  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.