Cellular Therapy Nurse Co-ordinator

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated nurse to join the Cellular Therapy Programme at The Christie as a Cellular Therapy Coordinator on a maternity leave cover basis.

The successful candidate will play a key role in coordinating the complex patient pathway for patients undergoing stem cell transplant, cellular therapy, including CAR-T cell therapy and other advanced cellular therapy treatments. Working as part of a highly specialist multidisciplinary team, you will coordinate care across the patient pathway, ensuring effective communication between clinical teams, patients and external organisations and supporting the safe and timely delivery of treatment.

The role requires excellent organisational and communication skills, strong clinical knowledge and the ability to coordinate multiple complex pathways simultaneously. You will work closely with the Cellular Therapy Programme, transplant and donor coordinators, clinical nurse specialists, medical teams., You will coordinate and support the delivery of stem cell transplant and cellular therapy pathways from referral and assessment through to treatment and follow-up, ensuring that patients receive safe, timely and coordinated care. Coordinating individual patient pathways for cellular therapy, ensuring that key investigations, assessments, appointments and treatment milestones are completed within required timescales. Acting as a key point of contact for patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team throughout the cellular therapy pathway. governance, audit, risk management and continuous improvement, contribute to the development and review of SOPs, and help ensure appropriate documentation and traceability.

Liaising closely with medical teams, clinical nurse specialists, transplant and donor coordinators, apheresis, pharmacy, laboratories and other specialist services to facilitate effective pathway coordination. Supporting the coordination of HSCT, & other cellular therapy treatments, ensuring appropriate communication and documentation at each stage of the pathway.

Monitoring pathway progress, identifying potential delays or risks and escalating issues appropriately to ensure timely treatment.

Supporting effective communication and handover between inpatient, outpatient and specialist services.

Providing patients and families with clear information and support throughout what can be a complex and emotionally challenging treatment pathway.

Experience in haematology, transplantation, cellular therapy or CAR-T therapy is required. The successful candidate will demonstrate sound clinical judgement, excellent coordination skills and the ability to work effectively within a complex multidisciplinary environment.

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, looking after more than 64,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 25% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We are the largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie. We have up to 15 linear accelerators operating across our network of sites. We operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients homes. And as a specialist tertiary surgical centre, we focus on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological and plastic surgery.

We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We have been named by the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients.