Specialist Nurse in Tissue Donation

It takes all types to save and improve lives. As a Specialist Nurse in Tissue Donation, you will play a vital role in helping patients receive life-changing tissue donations while supporting families through some of their most difficult moments. Working within the National Referral Centre, you will assess donor suitability, obtain informed consent, provide expert clinical advice, and help increase tissue donation opportunities. You will work closely with healthcare professionals across a range of organisations, lead and support colleagues, and contribute to service improvement and clinical excellence. This is a rewarding opportunity to use your nursing expertise in a highly specialised field where your knowledge, compassion and decision-making skills will directly contribute to saving and improving lives,

• Support tissue donation activity within the National Referral Centre and provide leadership support when senior managers are unavailable.
• Communicate sensitively with bereaved families to obtain informed consent for tissue donation.
• Assess the suitability of deceased and living tissue donors, making evidence-based clinical decisions.
• Provide specialist advice and guidance to healthcare professionals on tissue donation programmes.
• Manage and prioritise referrals, ensuring donation processes are coordinated effectively within critical timeframes.
• Maintain accurate donor records and ensure compliance with mandatory donor selection requirements.
• Support clinical audits, service improvements and the implementation of changes to practice and documentation.
• Coach, mentor and support nursing colleagues, assistant practitioners and students.
• Ensure compliance with NHSBT policies, quality standards, the Human Tissue Act and relevant legislation.
• Contribute to achieving tissue donation and consent targets while promoting high-quality patient and family care.
  
  It takes all types of people to deliver the kind of service that saves and improves lives. At NHS Blood and Transplant, you'll join a team of more than 6,000 people who are making a genuine difference to communities, families, friends, relatives and more across the UK. We play a unique and special role in the NHS by helping people do something extraordinary- donate blood, blood products, organs, tissues, or stem cells to save someone in need.