CNS Team Lead/Coordinator for Stem Cell Transplant & Cellular Therapy

Imperial; Greater London; On-site; GBP 66,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing programs

Cycle to Work

Season ticket loan

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, seeks a Band 8a CNS Team Lead/Coordinator to lead the SCT/Cellular Therapy CNS team within Haematology. You will provide operational management, professional leadership, and ensure high‑quality patient‑centred care across complex pathways.

The role requires an experienced haematology nurse with SCT and leadership background, NMC registration, and the ability to lead an MDT, develop services, and support patients through transplant journeys.

Qualifications

• NMC registration.
• Post registration qualification(s) in speciality or relevant subject at level 7 (Haemato‑oncology)
• Degree level education
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
• Leadership and Management course(s)
• MSc or MA in related specialty
• Advanced physical assessment and clinical reasoning qualification
• Psychological assessment course

Responsibilities

• Act as CNS team lead for the specialist nursing team, and wider transplant coordinator team, providing expert knowledge resource and strategic leadership.
• Collaborate with SCT programmes directors, medical coordinators and management to coordinate transplant pathways across inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Oversee delivery of specialist nursing service for SCT and related cellular therapies.
• Fulfil the role of clinical nurse specialist (CNS) with relevant post-registration education.
• Lead the CNS team within an MDT to address evolving SCT, cellular therapies, and gene-editing needs.
• Manage a defined patient caseload, act as key worker and advocate, incorporating holistic and socio-economic considerations.

Skills

Leadership

Haematology Nursing

SCT knowledge

Clinical coordination

Education & mentoring

Education

NMC registration

Haematology post-registration MSc/level 7

Degree in nursing

Teaching/assessing qualification

Leadership qualification

Job description

CNS Team Lead/Coordinator for Stem Cell Transplant & Cellular Therapy

Band 8a

Main area Clinical Haematology Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 290-SCCS-2387

Site Hammersmith Hospital Town London Salary £66,274 - £73,496 Pa Inclusive Salary period Yearly Closing 22/10/2026 23:59

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

The adult Haematology service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT) is home to one of London's largest JACIE-accredited Stem Cell Transplant (SCT) programmes, performing approximately 170 procedures annually. The portfolio of the transplant unit has further expanded to include CAR-T therapy and other innovative cellular/gene treatments.

We are curently reshaping our SCT & Cellular Therapy coordinating team and we are now seeking to recruit a Band 8a CNS Team Lead/Coordinator role toprovide additional leadership and strategic direction to the transplant service. This offers an exciting an opportunity for an experienced haematology nurse with relevant SCT and leadership experience to join this evolving clinical service. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior nurse to lead a highly specialised team, supporting patients throughout their transplant journey. The successful candidate will be responsible for the operational management and professional leadership of the team, ensuring the delivery of high‑quality, patient‑centred care across complex treatment pathways.

Main duties of the job

As Team Lead, you will play a key role in shaping future models of care, ensuring services continue to meet and keep pace with the needs of patients receiving SCT, CAR‑T and emerging cellular therapies.

• Act as CNS team lead for the specialist nursing team, and wider transplant coordinator team, providing expert knowledge resource and strategic leadership.
• The post holder will work in close collaboration with the wider Stem Cell Transplant (SCT) specialist teams including SCT Programme Director, Medical SCT coordinators, CNS and Transplant Management teams, supporting the coordination of transplant related treatment pathways across inpatient and ambulatory care settings
• To oversee the delivery of specialist nursing service for SCT, other cellular therapy recipients and related donors.
• Fulfil the role of clinical nurse specialist (CNS) working as a registered nurse with relevant experience and post-registration education for working at enhanced level.
• Work as part of a wider MDT model, leading the CNS team to ensure there is a responsive approach to the rapidly evolving requirements of SCT, cellular therapies and gene‑editing requirements.
• Manage a defined patient caseload, acting as a key worker and patient advocate, in line with the NHS plan and to actively apply in depth knowledge of holistic/socio economic and cultural aspects of the care to clients within your specific speciality, acting as a role model and resource for patients, relatives and staff.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk tous at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviewsplease view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

• NMC registration.
• Post registration qualification(s) in speciality or relevant subject at level 7 (Haemato‑oncology)
• Degree level education
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
• Leadership and Management course(s)
• MSc or MA in related specialty
• Advanced physical assessment and clinical reasoning qualification
• Psychological assessment course

Experience

• Experience
• Experience of advanced decision making to manage a complex caseload
• Experience of teaching and assessing others
• Experience of teaching and assessing others
• Experience of line managing others

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

• Able to demonstrate strategic thinking
• Able to demonstrate good time management skills and ability to effectively manage a patient caseload
• Ability to work autonomously and demonstrate high‑level decision making skills in clinical practice
• Excellent organisational skills and advanced ICT skills, including Microsoft Office
• Advanced IT skills use or Excel/Data management
• Ability to design and deliver education programmes.
• Ability to lead and influence change

Right to work

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary to submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.