Cellular Therapy Coordinator post within the Cellular Therapy Programme at The Christie, covering maternity leave for 12 months. The role coordinates pre-admission and treatment pathways for patients having stem cell transplants, CAR-T and other advanced cellular therapies, from referral through to follow-up. It sits within a specialist multidisciplinary team working with donor coordinators, apheresis, pharmacy and laboratories, and includes audit and JACIE/HTA accreditation work. Applicants need an RGN and post-registration experience in transplantation or cellular therapy.
What the job involves
- Coordinate stem cell transplant and cellular therapy pathways from referral and assessment through to treatment and follow-up
- Manage a designated patient workload, ensuring pre-admission and pre-collection requirements are completed, documented and reviewed
- Coordinate treatment pathways for patients and donors within the trust and externally, including CAR-T and other ATMP treatments
- Monitor pathway progress, identify delays or risks, and raise issues
- Liaise with medical teams, clinical nurse specialists, transplant and donor coordinators, apheresis, pharmacy, laboratories and other specialist services
- Act as key point of contact for patients, carers and the multidisciplinary team
- Provide written and verbal information, holistic nursing care and emotional support to patients and families to allow informed consent
- Support handover and communication between inpatient, outpatient and specialist services
- Contribute to governance, audit, risk management, SOP development and regulatory accreditation (JACIE/HTA)
- Maintain accurate patient records and collect data for service evaluation and performance indicators
- Provide specialist education and training on cellular therapy to patients, nursing staff and other professionals
- Lead or deputise at planning meetings with medical and laboratory staff, and review trial and commercial documentation
What’s required
Qualifications
- Degree in a health-related subject, Master's degree, or ability to work at that level
- Haematology/oncology course
Registration & licences
- RGN Level 1
Experience
- Good relevant post-registration experience in transplantation and cellular therapy
Skills & knowledge
- Leadership
- Autonomous practitioner
- IT skills
- Presentation skills
- Sound clinical knowledge of cell therapy and haemato-oncology
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Other
- Excellent time management
- Recognition of own limitations
- Approachable and enthusiastic
- Excellent role model to patients and staff
- Dedication to service development
- Demonstrate the organisational values and behaviours
Nice to have
- Teaching and assessing in clinical practice or equivalent
- Apheresis experience or skill
- Clinical trials and research experience
- Cannulation
- Venepuncture
- Advanced communication training
- Ability to adapt to changing needs of the service
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
