Clinical Nurse Specialist – Registration Offering and Allocation: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 57,528 to 64,750 £ / Year

NHS Blood and Transplant

Job summary

At NHS Blood & Transplant (NHSBT), we are a unique service that works with our generous donors and patients to save and improve lives. We are on a mission to ensure that every patient receives the donation they need and you will be joining our Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation (OTDT) Directorate to help make that happen.

We are looking for a Clinical Nurse Specialist to be based within our Organ Donation & Transplantation (ODT) Hub to be responsible for the clinical leadership and delivery of the organ offering/allocation service in the UK.

Main duties of the job

  • Being a member of a highly specialist team within NHSBT, responsible in conjunction with the Head of Service Delivery ODT Hub for the clinical leadership delivery of the organ offering/allocation service in the UK, where critical decision-making directly impacts patient outcomes.
  • You will support multi-disciplinary transplant teams across the UK by being a visible, credible expert and role model, providing clinical guidance and ensuring seamless collaboration in complex situations.
  • Be a key member of the team in the delivery of the strategy organ Donation and transplantation 2030: meeting the need, the organ utilisation group recommendations and in particular actions to support and maximise the potential for deceased donation.
  • You will lead the planning and coordination of change implementation across offering and allocation, working collaboratively with clinical, operational, and policy stakeholders.
  • Utilise your critical thinking and advanced clinical decision-making skills to work with the Head of Service Delivery (ODT Hub) and transplant community, influencing and negotiating to drive necessary change. This ensures robust systems and processes are in place, adhering to UK standards of practice for organ offering.
  • Play a pivotal role in key advisory group meetings, offering expert advice on critical aspects such as registration, allocation, offering pathways, and follow-up processes. Your input will shape policies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Experience as a Recipient Transplant Coordinator/Nurse or Specialist Nurse Organ Donation (SNOD)
  • Awareness and understanding of current professional issues and developments within deceased donation and transplantation.
  • Experience of working on service development projects.
  • Evidence of experience of implementing effective change within team/across an organisation.
  • Comprehensive understanding of the UK organ donation and transplantation pathway, including multidisciplinary teams and logistics (e.g., flights, tissue typing, microbiology).
  • Experience in clinical decision-making under time-critical conditions.
  • Experience of document control activities, for example training, validation, approval and review of local and national documents.

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of post registration education development.
  • Professional knowledge acquired through Masters supplemented by specialist training, experience, short courses, or equivalent experience.
  • Requirement for NMC professional registration required (which must be maintained in the role).
  • Demonstrate commitment to own Continued Professional Development (CPD).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 4 October 2026

To apply for this job please visit jobs.nhsbt.nhs.uk.