Staff Nurse - Transplant

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading transplant hospital in Cambridge is looking for dedicated healthcare professionals to support patients undergoing heart and lung transplants. You will provide essential patient care, educate on medication management, and coordinate outpatient services. This role offers an excellent opportunity for professional growth in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Development programs

Friendly working environment

Opportunities for academic investment

Qualifications

• Experience in providing patient support during assessments and transplant processes.
• Ability to educate patients and staff about transplant care.
• Willingness to participate in a 24/7 on-call rota.

Responsibilities

• Support patients and carers during assessments and care.
• Educate on medication management and post-transplant care.
• Coordinate outpatient services and manage telephone support.

Skills

Patient care

Medication management

Communication

Teamwork

Job description

Are you ready to make a difference at a world-leading centre for heart and lung transplantation? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Royal Papworth Hospital is the largest adult cardiothoracic transplant centre in the UK and a global pioneer in DCD heart transplantation. Our committed teams perform approximately 90 heart, lung, and heart-lung transplants each year. Since our first successful heart transplant in 1979, nearly 3,000 transplants have been carried out. With world-leading survival rates, an increasing number of our patients are now celebrating 30+ years post-transplant.

We care for around 1,000 transplant recipients and facilitate organ retrieval for other UK centres.

We are committed to supporting your professional growth, by ensuring you receive a development programme that includes; exposure to cutting-edge organ retrieval techniques and novel technologies, assessing patients for transplant along with comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care and opportunities for academic investment and continuous learning.

If you are seeking a rewarding, challenging role that combines a structured developmental package with a friendly, supportive working environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Main duties of the job

Under the guidance of our experienced senior nurses, you will become an integral member of a multidisciplinary team dedicated to providing long-term care within the Transplant Directorate.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Providing essential support to patients and their carers during inpatient and outpatient assessment, as well as while they await lung and/or heart transplants and mechanical circulatory support devices. You will also manage their care whilst in the community to ensure continuity of support.
• Enhance your expertise by educating patients, carers and staff on medication management and long-term post-transplant care. You will coordinate outpatient services and manage a telephone helpline, contributing directly to improved patient outcomes.
• Gain valuable experience in the organ donation process through exposure to a 24/7 on-call rota and become a member of the National Organ Retrieval Service (NORS) team.

If you are passionate about patient care and looking to advance your career in a dynamic healthcare environment, we invite you to apply and join our dedicated team.

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979.

The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.

Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.