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

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Career development

Staff recognition scheme

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust seeks a Band 8a CNS Team Lead/Coordinator to provide leadership and strategic direction to the Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Therapy service, including CAR-T therapies. The post holder will oversee operational management and professional leadership of the CNS team to ensure high-quality, patient-centred care across complex pathways.

You will shape future models of care, work within an MDT, and lead a CNS team to meet evolving SCT and cellular therapy

Qualifications

• Experienced haematology nurse with SCT and leadership experience.
• Band 8a level senior nurse with CNS responsibilities.
• Ability to provide operational management and professional leadership.

Responsibilities

• Act as CNS team lead for the specialist nursing and transplant coordination teams.
• Oversee delivery of specialist nursing services for SCT and cellular therapies.
• Lead the CNS team within a MDT model to meet evolving SCT and gene-editing needs.
• Manage a defined patient caseload and act as a key worker and advocate.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Team coordination

Nursing leadership

MDT collaboration

Education

Nursing registration

Post-registration education

Job description

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 to provide 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.

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.

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 to us at interview.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Karen Bradley Job title: Lead Nurse Clinical Haematology Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02033135196