Job Description

Join Our New Haemoglobinopathy Team at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust



An exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of a newly established and innovative Haemoglobinopathy team at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust . Following a successful bid, we have secured recurrent funding from NHS England via the Medical Technologies (MedTech) funding stream to enhance and sustain our current services.



This new service aims at directly addressing the concerns raised in the "No One's Listening" report , tackling health inequalities and improving outcomes for patients living with haemoglobinopathies. We are recruiting into new positions including: Haemoglobinopathy Senior Nurses



We are looking for experienced, motivated, and compassionate senior nurses with a strong background in haemoglobinopathies or haematology, ideally gained in acute settings such as:



Emergency Departments (ED)

Intensive Care Units (ITU)

Renal Units

Haematology Inpatient Wards or Day Care Units



Successful candidates will work across multiple sites to ensure equitable access to elective and emergency red cell exchange services. Full training and supervision will be provided to support your development within this specialist service.



Responsible for administering specialist apheresis/complex treatment pathways/procedure.

Administration of Blood products in line with Trust policy.

To work in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines and as a named nurse for a defined group of patients and work within boundaries recognising personal accountability for:

Providing positive clinical leadership, working collaboratively with the senior nursing and clinical teams to promote high standards of specialist apheresis care and the effective running of the clinical service.

Acting as a professional role model providing direct and indirect expert apheresis clinical care that is evidence-based, and supports the professional development of others through the provision of ongoing specialist training.

To assist in supporting the delivery of high quality, safe and effective apheresis care focused on improving outcomes and experiences for patients.

To support specialist apheresis services providing specialist nursing expertise across the two sites.



London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.



Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

Northwick Park Hospital:

home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK

St Mark's Hospital:

an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease

Ealing Hospital:

a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice

Central Middlesex Hospital:

our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.



We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.



Apheresis elective and emergency Day Care procedures for haemoglobinopathy patients.

Top-up/simple transfusions

Providing apheresis emergency procedures that extend to the critical care setting across hospital sites.

To support the provision of apheresis services as a skilled operator

To develop and maintain essential skills and experience that are essential to providing safe and effective apheresis care.

To work towards ensure skill set and standards of apheresis care meet statutory/accreditation requirements (e.g. Care Quality Commission (CQC) essential standards, Quality Accounts, NHS Litigation Authority, and MHRA.

Effective pain management with patients in SCD crisis To deliver compassionate person-centred care, treating patients, their relatives/carers with dignity and respect.

Supporting clinical trial portfolio and standards.

Patient experience

To promote and maintain effective communication with patients, relatives/carers and other staff, including the wider haemoglobinopathy team.

Ongoing commitment to developing and maintain essential nursing skills that support specialist haemoglobinopathy services.

Improve the haemoglobinopathy service delivery



Kindly refer to the Job description and Person Specifications attached.



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