Band 6 Cellular Therapies Coordinator- Haematology
Requirements
Applicants must be a registered nurse with current NMC registration and relevant specialist knowledge supported by post-registration development and experience. They should have significant post-registration experience, strong clinical and communication skills, and experience or willingness to teach, supervise, and work collaboratively across multidisciplinary and cross-agency teams.
Job Description
We're looking for an enthusiastic, experienced haematology nurse to join our supportive and forward-thinking Cellular Therapies Team in a permanent Band 6 role.
You'll help coordinate and deliver specialist treatments including autologous stem cell transplants, CAR-T therapy, EBV-specific cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (EBV-CTL) therapy and gene therapies.
You'll support patients and families throughout their treatment journey, provide specialist nursing care, administer therapies within your competencies and work closely with referring centres, multidisciplinary teams, laboratories and manufacturers to ensure safe, timely care.
This is an opportunity to develop your clinical, leadership and coordination skills while contributing to staff training, service improvement and research. You'll be joining a collaborative team committed to advancing cellular therapies and delivering excellent patient care.
If you're an organised, compassionate nurse with haematology experience and a passion for developing your specialist practice, we'd love to hear from you.
For an informal discussion, please contact Donna Walsh,.donna.walsh@uhb.nhs.uk
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
The post holder will be responsible for coordinating complex patient pathways for CAR-T therapy, autologous stem cell transplantation, gene therapies and other cellular therapies, ensuring safe, timely and patient-centred care.
Key Responsibilities Include
Coordinating patient pathways from referral through assessment, treatment and follow-up.
Attending multidisciplinary team meetings and supporting consultant-led clinics for new and follow-up patients.
Administering systemic anti-cancer treatments and cellular therapies in accordance with clinical competencies and local policies.
Providing specialist education, information and emotional support to patients and their families.
Delivering education, training and clinical support to junior nursing staff and other healthcare professionals.
Triaging patient telephone enquiries, providing appropriate advice and escalating concerns when required.
Liaising with referring centres, CAR-T manufacturers and specialist teams to coordinate treatment schedules and patient care.
Supporting the Cellular Therapies Lead Nurse with service development, quality improvement and the implementation of new therapies.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellent communication, organisational and clinical skills, with the ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within a specialist multidisciplinary team.
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
Please note for a specific 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
- To have or worked towards health assessment module
- Advanced communication course
Essential
- Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
- Significant post registration experience, with evidence of passion/ enthusiasm and knowledge for the associated area of specialist practice
- 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 speciality
- 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
- Experience in service development
- Awareness of current research related to the service
- Presentation skills/ public speaking
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
Donna Walsh
donna.walsh@uhb.nhs.uk
01213716728
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-1103440
Job locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Attachments
Job Description
JD PS - Band 6 Cellular Therapies Coordinator- Haematology.pdf – 465KB Opens in a new window
Education
Skills
About University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We are a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. As a result of its clinical expertise in treating trauma patients and military casualties, the QEHB has been designated both a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK’s only £20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC). We have over 24,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. UHB is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and aims to achieve positive change for LGBTQ+ people by creating an inclusive, inspiring and equal environment for both staff and service users.
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