Nurse Specialist - Abdominal Transplant Coordinator

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, motivated individual to join our well established supportive transplant team. The successful candidate with play a key role in supporting patients requiring assessment for abdominal transplantation , meeting complex educational and emotional needs.  Ensuring patients remain supported and well informed through out the process.

If you are passionate about organ transplantation and really want to make a difference to the transplant pathway for patients then we would be delighted to hear from you.

Depending on experience the aim would be for the Band 6 to progress to a Band 7 within 12 months of completing the competencies of the post.

• Interview Date: 5 January 2026
• 15 hours/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy.  Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

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As transplant co ordinator you will play a key role in supporting patients through all aspects of the transplant pathway.  This will involve working very closely with but local , regional and national colleagues. The ability to develop close professional working relationships is an important aspect of this role 

You will work closely with the wider MDT ensuring you are fully informed of all the patients needs and also being able to identify any barriers to transplantation 

Patient education is a vital component of this role and the ability to work closely with patients are carers, assessing their own knowledge in realtion to the impact of transplantation 

Excellent communication and organisational skills are vital for this role, the transplant pathway can be very complex and as such the successful candidate must have the ability to coordinate all aspects of care and be the key point of contact for patients 

As part of this role there is an expectation that you will , on a rotational basis, provide 24 hr 7 day a week on call commitment to the service 

Working for our organisation

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. 

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust