The closing date is 16 September 2026
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year pa
Job summary
The Transplant Specialist Nurse will provide expert clinical leadership and specialist nursing care for patients undergoing kidney transplantation, ensuring high-quality, patient-centred care throughout the transplant pathway. The post holder will lead the development and delivery of nurse-led services, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes, promote best practice, and support service development within renal transplantation.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a nurse-led transplant service, providing specialist care and support to renal transplant patients throughout their transplant journey.
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate complex care for patients within a variety of clinical settings, ensuring care is evidence-based and individually tailored.
- Manage and coordinate a defined caseload of transplant patients, facilitating continuity of care and effective follow-up.
- Lead the development, implementation and review of transplant care pathways, protocols, guidelines and clinical standards.
- Provide highly specialised clinical advice and support to patients, carers, nursing staff and the wider multidisciplinary team.
- Deliver nurse-led outpatient clinics in partnership with medical colleagues, contributing to the ongoing monitoring and management of transplant recipients.
- Act as an expert practitioner and professional role model, promoting clinical excellence and supporting the development of others.
- Provide specialist education, training and mentorship to healthcare professionals, students, patients and carers.
- Integrate research, audit, education and practice development into clinical service delivery to enhance patient outcomes and experience.
- Lead and participate in clinical audit, quality improvement and service evaluation activities within the transplant service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Hons in Adult Nursing
- Active professional registration qualification with professional body NMC
- Holds PACRR, PADRAP and Non -medical prescribing
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
- working towards MSc in Nurse health care
- Evidence of ongoing professional development relevant to transplant care/ Renal care/or similar
- Excellent organisational skills
- Renal and transplant MSc or similar experience
Desirable
- demonstrate ability to question and challenge practice in a constructive way
- Experience of implementing local/specialist objectives
- Ability to act independently, resolve complex clinical situations and have good decision-making skills
- Experience of implementing local/specialist objectives
- Able to work within a team or independently
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).