Tissue and Bone Donor Coordinator

Tissue and Bone Donor Coordinator  

About the Organisation: 

National Services Scotland (NSS) is a national NHS Board operating right at the heart of NHSScotland providing invaluable support and advice at a strategic and operational level.  NSS supports customers to deliver their services more efficiently and effectively and we offer shared services on a national scale using best-in-class systems and standards. Our priority is always the same to improve the health and well-being of the people of Scotland. We do this by working in partnership with colleagues across Health and Social Care to deliver fit for purpose solutions and systems, delivering high quality services that help our stakeholders to free up resources so they can be re-invested into essential services.  

The Post: 

As a major division within NHS National Services Scotland, the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) plays a vital role not only in the health of the people of Scotland but also on an international scale through our leading position in new product development, biomedical research, and donor services. Our goal is to maintain the highest standards of patient care whilst remaining competitive internationally.

We are seeking to appoint a Band 6 Nurse as a Tissue & Bone Donor Coordinator to work part-time within a team of Tissue and Bone Donor Coordinators. This post will be based in Edinburgh and will involve working across hospitals within the Central Region. The role requires the selected individual to optimise the opportunity of donation potential in Scotland. The principal purpose of the role is to contribute to an established programme supporting the identification of suitable bone and deceased tissue donors in hospitals across the Central Belt. 

The post holder will also obtain consent/authorisation for donation with donors and families and organise tissue retrieval.  The role involves networking with HCPs and providing training and advice to clinical colleagues in clinics, hospital orthopaedic theatres, emergency department and ICU settings. We collaborate with Specialist Nurses in Organ Donation across Scotland to increase donation opportunities for patients and families.  As part of a multi-disciplinary team, the successful candidate will be expected to participate in the day-to-day operation and functioning of the service. This role is a dual role in both Bone and Tissue Donation.

The Candidate:

The successful candidate will be a team player who can also work autonomously with excellent communication skills since liaison with a wide range of clinical colleagues and members of the public are a pre-requisite of the work. A significant proportion of the workload is office based / undertaken remotely utilising electronic records, data base management which requires good documentation practice and rigorous attention to detail to meet regulatory compliance. The ability to demonstrate initiative and a flexible approach to the workload is essential. The candidate would be required to attend multiple sites to engage with key Stakeholders.

Tissue, Cells & Advanced Therapeutics provides a 24-hour service and an out of hours on-call service is in operation. The person appointed will be required to participate in the on-call Rota for referral of potential tissue donors. Appropriate training and support will be given in all aspects of the service operations with an expectation of participation as required.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a PVG Scheme Disclosure Scotland check. Any candidate who has lived/worked overseas for more than 12 months in the preceding 5 years will also be required to provide a criminal record check from the appropriate overseas agency.

Candidates must have current NMC registration at the time of applying.

Location and Working Pattern:

The location for this post is SNBTS, Jack Copland Centre, Edinburgh

The work pattern is Monday to Friday (18.5 hours per week), with on call.

It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with NSS.

Benefits: 

Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits. Click here to view the full range of NHS NSS Employee Benefits.

Further information:

For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Fiona Wishart, Senior Tissue Donor Coordinator on Fiona.Wishart@nhs.scot or , Wendy McGhee on wendy.mcghee@nhs.scot or or Neil Healy, Lead Nurse - Tissues and Cells at Neil.Healy@nhs.scot or .

Closing date for completed applications is 14 June 2024. 

Further information on NSS is available from: https://www.nss.nhs.scot/ 

Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).

NHS National Services Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies