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Clinical 

• Develop and maintain clinical apheresis competence  
• Demonstrate clinical skills, promote clinical excellence and contribute towards a multi-professional approach in the management of patients within the specialist area, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements. 
• Establish and maintain effective written and verbal communication links with a broad spectrum of professionals within the local Trust, the region and wider geographically area. 
• Communicate effectively with patients and their carers providing pre and post treatment advice including obtaining informed consent prior to treatment and using advanced communication skills. 
• Support and empower patients, their relatives and carers, ensuring that they receive the required information to enable them to give informed consent and lead or participate in their care delivery. 
• In conjunction with the other team members, attend appropriate clinics, undertaking clinical procedures and investigations as required. 
• Liaise with manufacturers and suppliers of machines and consumables. 
• Facilitate and participate in multi-disciplinary research in the area of apheresis and bone marrow transplantation.  

Advocate 

• Ensure that high standards of transplantation/apheresis care are given and maintained and act when standards are not being met. 
• Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care. 
• Act as the patients advocate and ambassador respecting patient confidentiality and privacy with respect for diverse cultural backgrounds and requirements. 
• Support and enable patients to make informed decisions. 
• Recognise, prevent and diffuse potential areas of conflict and where required take a key role in the management of the outcome.

Clinical Governance / Quality 

• Contribute to the maintenance of nursing practice standards to meet regulations including the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) and Joint Accreditation Committee-ISCT & EBMT (JACIE). 
• Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others and participate in the development of the same. 
• Be responsible for the delivery of excellent patient care through contributing to the implementation and monitoring clinical standards and measuring their outcomes and effectiveness. 
• Responsible for patient records both paper and electronic ensuring compliance with Data Protection and patient confidentiality legislation. 
• Be accountable for accurate data collection and the maintenance of patient records relating to therapeutic apheresis services treatment/transplantation procedures. 
• Record, amend and file patient information in an accurate and traceable manner to ensure an audit trail. 
• Continually monitor standards of care and contribute in the improvement of care through benchmarking and Clinical Audit and Research. 
• Support and facilitate research evidence-based practice in the specialist area. 
• Participate in audit of activities e.g. license inspections 
• Contribute to the development and improvement of the service through implementation of the findings of audit and research based evidence.  
• Disseminate good practice by pursuing opportunities to present work at national conferences or via publications. 
• Promote patient and public involvement activities in the specialist area leading to service improvement including developing nurse led care as appropriate. 
• Promote people’s equality, diversity and rights. 

Specialist Education / Training 

• Undergo training, achieve competence and demonstrate the maintenance of occupational competence in therapeutic apheresis nursing (currently revalidated every two years). 
• Undergo training, achieve competence and maintain specialist knowledge in clinical skills as identified. 
• Take responsibility for own continuing professional development and performance, including identifying own development needs and maintain own portfolio in accordance with NMC re-registration requirements. 
• Participates in the supervision and the teaching of pre registration students, new staff members and junior medical staff. 
• Provides education, awareness sessions and training related to the speciality. 
• Supports colleagues in ensuring the clinical environment is conductive to effective learning. 

Professional Responsibility 

• Maintain active status on NMC register. 
• Act always in accordance with NMC code of conduct and guiding documents, Health Care Standards. 
• Adhere to Trust policy and procedure. 
• Maintain a professional portfolio. 
• Maintain a high level of awareness of relevant research issues and trends within the specialist area of practice and in nursing generally. 
• Take an active part in the development of nursing in the Trust via participation in professional nursing forum and shared governance initiatives. 
• Take responsibility for personal development and education with regard to Personal Development Plan objectives.  
• Participate in Clinical Supervision for self and others and utilise reflective practice techniques. 
• Provide support and development for nurses through mentorship. 
• The post holder is responsible for ensuring the safety of patients at all times and promoting a safety culture through the effective management of risk. 

Inclusive Recruitment & Selection

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and accurate data capture is an important part of that to ensure we are supportive and representative. Our aim is to ensure that all applicants can see themselves in the available categories on our application form, but we recognise that some of our data capture fields are not inclusive. We have flagged this with our system provider to ask for change.

We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: [email protected]

We are continually reviewing our recruitment & selection process to support the long-term aim of Sheffield Children’s being a champion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. If you have any ideas for improvement, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at [email protected]

Trust Values

 The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values:

• Compassion – leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect
• Accountability – striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility
• Respect – value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion
• Excellence – delivering a high-quality standard of care