Lead Nurse Organ Donation (South Wales)

NHS Blood and Transplant; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A vital healthcare organization is seeking a highly motivated Lead Nurse in Organ Donation in Cardiff. You will provide expert clinical leadership and operational support to donation teams, ensuring high care standards. The role requires significant experience in critical care and strong leadership skills. Join a dedicated team making a difference in saving lives through organ donation.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in critical care or transplantation.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Commitment to delivering excellence in end-of-life care.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage Key Performance Indicators.
• Operationally manage the service provided by the Organ Donation Services team.
• Directly manage a team of staff.
• Lead corrective actions for hospital development planning.
• Participate in a 24-hour, 365-day on-call rota.

Skills

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Critical care experience

Commitment to patient care

Education

Significant experience in critical care or transplantation

Job description

Overview

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) plays a vital role in saving and improving lives through the delivery of organ and tissue donation and transplantation services across the UK. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Lead Nurse in Organ Donation to provide expert clinical leadership and operational support to our regional donation teams. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for leading and supporting Specialist Nurses in Organ Donation (SNODs), ensuring high standards of clinical practice, governance, and professional development. You will work collaboratively with hospital teams, stakeholders, and donor families to maximise donation opportunities and uphold the highest standards of care and compassion. The successful candidate will demonstrate significant experience in critical care or transplantation, strong leadership and communication skills, and a commitment to delivering excellence in end-of-life care and organ donation. This unique role provides you with opportunities to develop yourself, both as part of a regional team and as an individual autonomous practitioner. This essential role will impact on all stages of the donation process and ultimately in the number of life-saving transplants and as such is a rewarding and satisfying role.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring and managing the delivery of Key Performance Indicators to ensure the number of actual organs and tissues within the geographical donation area is maximised
• Shared responsibility for operationally managing all aspects of the service provided by the Organ Donation Services team within the geographical area.
• Direct management of a team of staff. Overall duties and responsibilities will be allocated on a rotational basis within the service management team; most notably, management of the full Area budget and responsibility for overall management of a 24 hour on-call service.
• Providing input and challenge to hospital development planning and lead corrective action where necessary; ensuring national strategy is implemented and evaluated within the geographical area.
• Operational management of those staff within the team that fall within delegated area of responsibility. You will be required to participate in a 24 hour, 365 days per year on call rota and maintain clinical credibility by being up to date in all aspects of organ donation.

It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you\'ll 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.

Values

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.