Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Job summary
The adult Haematology service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT) is home to one of London’s largest JACIE-accredited Stem Cell Transplant (SCT) programmes, performing approximately 170 procedures annually. The portfolio of the transplant unit has further expanded to include CAR-T therapy and other innovative cellular/gene treatments.
We are curently reshaping our SCT & Cellular Therapy coordinating team and we are now seeking to recruit a Band 8a CNS Team Lead/Coordinator role toprovide additional leadership and strategic direction to the transplant service. This offers an exciting an opportunity for an experienced haematology nurse with relevant SCT and leadership experience to join this evolving clinical service. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior nurse to lead a highly specialised team, supporting patients throughout their transplant journey. The successful candidate will be responsible for the operational management and professional leadership of the team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, patient-centred care across complex treatment pathways.
Main duties of the job
As Team Lead, you will play a key role in shaping future models of care, ensuring services continue to meet and keep pace with the needs of patients receiving SCT, CAR-T and emerging cellular therapies.
- Act as CNS team lead for the specialist nursing team, and wider transplant coordinator team, providing expert knowledge resource and strategic leadership.
- The post holder will work in close collaboration with the wider Stem Cell Transplant (SCT) specialist teams including SCT Programme Director, Medical SCT coordinators, CNS and Transplant Management teams, supporting the coordination of transplant related treatment pathways across inpatient and ambulatory care settings
- To oversee the delivery of specialist nursing service for SCT, other cellular therapy recipients and related donors.
- Fulfil the role of clinical nurse specialist (CNS) working as a registered nurse with relevant experience and post-registration education for working at enhanced level.
- Work as part of a wider MDT model, leading the CNS team to ensure there is a responsive approach to the rapidly evolving requirements of SCT, cellular therapies and gene-editing requirements.
- Manage a defined patient caseload, acting as a key worker and patient advocate, in line with the NHS plan and to actively apply in depth knowledge of holistic/socio economic and cultural aspects of the care to clients within your specific speciality, acting as a role model and resource for patients, relatives and staff.
Person Specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration.
- Post registration qualification(s) in speciality or relevant subject at level 7 (Haemato-oncology)
- Degree level education
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
- Leadership and Management course(s)
Desirable
- MSc or MA in related specialty
- Advanced physical assessment and clinical reasoning qualification
- Psychological assessment course
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience
- Experience of advanced decision making to manage a complex caseload
- Experience of teaching and assessing others
Desirable
- Experience of teaching and assessing others
- Experience of line managing others
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential
- Able to demonstrate strategic thinking
- Able to demonstrate good time management skills and ability to effectively manage a patient caseload
- Ability to work autonomously and demonstrate high-level decision making skills in clinical practice
- Excellent organisational skills and advanced ICT skills, including Microsoft Office
Desirable
- Advanced IT skills use or Excel/Data management
- Ability to design and deliver education programmes.
- Ability to lead and influence change
Closing Date: 29 October 2026
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