Senior Staff Nurse - Apheresis
St George's University Hospitals, Tooting Graveney, Wandsworth
Senior Staff Nurse - Apheresis
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St George's University Hospitals, Tooting Graveney, Wandsworth
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 4 days ago, 16 Oct | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 554efbbc8dcb4a5cb49819132f6be0e9
Full Job Description
- An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team full time!
- The successful candidate will co-ordinate and organize all donor (stem cell, lymphocyte) and therapeutic (plasma exchange, leucodepletion, red cell exchange) apheresis services, procedures, investigations and consent.
- He/she will expedite care in a cohesive and safe manner that meets accreditation standards.
- He/she will provide information, support and advice to the patient, family, multi-disciplinary clinical teams, referring hospitals and the community.
- This involves both inpatient and outpatient care, ensuring the patient has all medical, nursing, physical, psychological and social needs addressed., Apheresis Nurse band 6 An exciting opportunity has arisen for a new band 6 nurse with excellent venepuncture and cannulation skills who would like to further their career in Haematology. We are a leading centre for red cell exchange with history dating back to 1995.
- The successful applicant will join a highly skilled specialist team that offer Apheresis procedures such as autologous and allogeneic stem cell collection , leukodepletion and therapeutic plasma exchanges to a number of different specialities at St Georges.
- Full training will be given as well as training in ultra sound guided cannulation. Once trained the post holder will be expected to join the 24 hour on call service.
- The post holder will be expected to provide and maintain high standards of care to our adult and paediatric patients, be able to work autonomously as well as part of a cohesive team, have excellent communication skills and work within the multi - disciplinary team.
They will demonstrate the ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to this highly specialist group of patients. - Be able to organise and prioritise their own work load, to work within an environment that requires flexibility and the need to work under pressure.
St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.