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Duties
The post holder is responsible for training in machine perfusion service to the Royal Free London Liver Transplant and National Organ Retrieval Service (NORS) Teams. Duties include but are not limited to:
- Participate in, usually on a 1:3 basis, a 24-hour on-call rota to ensure 24/7 coverage for perfusion technology in the transplant and NORS teams.
- Train to operate the ex-situ machine perfusion when required during ex-situ liver assessment and conditioning.
- Train to operate the Cardiohelp machine when required during in situ normothermic regional perfusion.
- Train to operate the venovenous bypass machine when required during liver transplantation.
- On occasion, if required, provide cross cover and undertake cold organ perfusion as a member of the Royal Free NORS team.
- Take part in machine perfusion audits and be a part of ongoing NORS and Transplant meetings. Utilise analysis of audits to inform and facilitate service development.
- Liaise closely with practitioners across the Royal Free London, NHSBT, and other national transplant centres to accumulate specialist expert knowledge and act as a point of reference for others. Maintain an interest in the speciality and demonstrate a willingness to learn and develop the service in.
Cold perfusion of the DCD and DBD during retrieval as part of the RFH NORS team
Normothermic and hypothermic ex-situ machine perfusion of the liver
Normothemric in situ regional perfusion during DCD retrievals
Audits
HTA commitments
Liver Transplant patient follow up
Data entry, data collection and data analysis
Clinical research
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Keziah Crick Job title: Lead Clinical Scientist - Organ Porcurement Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 02077940500
ext: 32025
