# Specialist Nurse - Therapeutic Apheresis Services (TAS)

**Company**: NHS Blood and Transplant
**Location**: London
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £39959.00 to £48117.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Therapeutic Apheresis Services (TAS) is a highly regarded service within NHS Blood and Transplant, providing lifesaving treatments for patients across the region. As a Specialist Nurse in TAS, you will work within a service and team, supporting these treatments. You will have the opportunity to provide a variety of lifesaving and life-enhancing treatments to both adult and paediatric patients. Our treatments are provided across various hospitals, requiring independent work.

The Specialist Nurse will be responsible for assessing, planning, and delivering apheresis procedures for emergency and elective patients and donors, participating in a 24/7 on-call rota. Key responsibilities include:

- Performing therapeutic apheresis and cell collection procedures in paediatrics and adults.

- Planning patient/donor care and being responsible for all aspects of clinical care.

- Providing safe and compassionate care within a total quality system.

- Working within a total quality management system approach to maintain nursing practice standards.

- Establishing and maintaining effective communication with key stakeholders.

- Providing clinical support and supervision to less experienced staff and student nurses.

You will be required to travel, work irregular hours, and spend overnight stays away from base when required. Participation in an on-call and shift-based rota, including evenings, weekends, or public holidays, is also necessary.

NHS Blood and Transplant offers flexible working options, generous annual leave, an inclusive pension scheme, supportive learning culture, health and wellbeing support, and more.

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## Skills

### Required
- Registered Nurse
- NMC professional registration
- degree in a clinical area
- post registration experience
- teaching and or assessment qualification

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