Renal Transplant Coordinator

Overview

 Applications are invited for the post of Transplant Coordinator at the Manchester Centre for Transplantation (MCT) based at Manchester Royal Infirmary.  MCT is one of the largest clinical transplant programmes in Europe specialising in renal and pancreatic transplantation and Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis (EPS). 

This post offers the successful candidate  a fantastic opportunity to join a well established team of coordinators who are responsible for facilitating all aspects of the transplantation process  and supporting patients and their families through the transplant journey.

Main duties of the job

Key roles include: (Please see attached JD for full details)

• Support the donor/recipient/EPS patient work up process in conjunction with medical staff.
• Co-ordination of the assessment process including the ordering of diagnostic tests and investigations
• Support the Transplantation laboratory to ensure that local and national databases provide accurate and timely information.
• Contribute to the development of MDT/team objectives for the service/speciality.
• Receive all recipient referrals, using expert knowledge and clinical decision making to identify and facilitate potential patients for surgery.
• Communicate sensitive and complex information to recipients, and their families, where there may be barriers to understanding and acceptance, using a high level of skills due to the emotive atmosphere.
• Work collaboratively with the other Transplant centres/living donor/recipient coordinators to enable the smooth running of the UK Living Kidney sharing scheme.
• Arrange the necessary theatre dates and teams for the transplant programme.

This role will also require you to participate in the recipient on-call role. During this you will work closely with donor and transplant teams nationwide to facilitate kidney, pancreas and Islet transplants for patients. You will be the key point of contact for the patient, the donor teams and the ward, theatre and support teams. After a period of induction you will work autonomously to organise the transplants. 

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

 At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.