Apheresis Clinical Nurse Specialist

Are you an experienced nurse looking for a role that offers professional growth, work-life balance, and the chance to work alongside world-class experts? We have an opportunity for a highly motivated nurse to join our renowned team ofSpecialist Consultants, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists. Why Join Us?

• Be Part of a Leading Service: Work in a unit recognised for excellence, delivering advanced therapies such as therapeutic plasma exchange and peripheral stem cell collections.
• Enjoy a Balanced Schedule: Nurse Specialists work a 4-day week (0800-1800), giving you more time for life outside work, with only occasional out-of-hours cover.
• Develop Your Expertise: Contribute to clinical guideline updates, quality improvement projects, and promote a positive learning culture.
• Shape Patient Care: Partner with service users to plan and manage care using robust, evidence-based knowledge., Act as a professional role model and expert, leading and coordinating paediatric apheresis education and practice development in disease pathologies related to Haemoglobinopathies and Apheresis procedures.
• Serve as thesubject matter expert for all apheresis procedures performed at St Mary's Hospital.
• Demonstrate proficiency incannulation and venepuncture, including ultrasound-guided cannulation.
• Work collaboratively with theClinical Director, Transplant Programme, Lead Nurse for Apheresis, Apheresis Nursing Team, and Quality Managers to ensure compliance with HTA and JACIE standards.
• Coordinate apheresis procedures within the service, including:
+ Automated Red Cell Exchanges (RbCX) + Therapeutic Plasma Exchanges (TPE) + Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Collection (PBSC) + Donor Lymphocyte Collection (DLI) + Granulocyte Collection + Ensure high standards of care and efficient patient pathways. Provide specialist nursing advice to support and deliver high-quality, individualised care for patients, families, and carers in collaboration with the multi-professional team, following local and national protocols.


• Minimum 4 years apheresis experience required.
• Open to paediatric or adult-trained nurses.
• Work in a modern unit with 2 treatment beds, providing a 5-day service and occasional weekend/on-call cover for emergency red cell exchanges.
• Safeguarding children and young people is a core responsibility for all staff.
If you're passionate about delivering exceptional care and want to work in a team that values your skills and wellbeing, we'd love to hear from you.

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.