Job Summary
We are proud to announce that Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Anthony Nolan have joined forces to facilitate the UK's first Anthony Nolan Cell Collection Centre. Our new partnership enables the expansion of life-saving stem cell collection services in the UK and creates opportunities to develop research programmes in the future.
This is a unique and rewarding opportunity for a passionate, experienced, and enthusiastic Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our welcoming team at the Anthony Nolan Cell Collection Centre (CCC) as we launch this vital new service. Based at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham and hosted by the Clinical Research Facility, you’ll play a key role in helping to transform lives through stem cell donation.
Main Duties of the Job
As the dedicated ACP for the CCC, you will be pivotal in the clinical delivery of the CCC’s healthcare provision. You will deliver credible clinical expertise, skilled decision-making, and safe evaluation of donors, ensuring clinical stability and readiness for donation. This position provides an opportunity to ensure long-term continuity and consistency in the medical assessment process, applying evidence-based practice and developing service improvement initiatives, all of which are key drivers of quality, safety, and innovation.
You will provide healthcare autonomously. You will be an independent Non-Medical Prescriber with advanced physical assessment and decision-making skills, registered with the appropriate professional body. Practising at an advanced level, you will undertake additional training in posts specifically focused on the care of stem cell donors, carry out donor medical assessments and reviews for Donor Lymphocyte Collection (DLC) and Peripheral Blood Stem Cell (PBSC) collection.
You will support nurse-led cell collection procedures and review donors on the day of donation who may require additional treatment. To support and enhance service delivery, you will become proficient in cell collection, including the apheresis clinical procedure, as part of your scope of practice in this role. This advanced clinical skill will extend your expertise and strengthen the resilience and flexibility of the CCC team.
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education, and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world-class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Please refer to the Job Description document.
About Anthony Nolan
Each day, Anthony Nolan matches incredible individuals willing to donate their stem cells to those who desperately need a lifesaving transplant. It all began in 1974 when Shirley Nolan’s three-year-old son, Anthony, was in urgent need of a bone marrow transplant. Shirley set up the world’s first donor register to find a match, and with it, the Anthony Nolan charity. Since then, Anthony Nolan has been leading the way in helping people across the world who need stem cell transplants, and, right now, giving four people every day a second chance at life.
Every year, Anthony Nolan facilitates around 1,100 UK and 300 international stem cell transplants. However, a global shortage of cell collection facilities has led to growing delays, with only 1 in 5 UK-aligned donors in 2022–23 able to donate on the requested date. To help tackle the shortage, Anthony Nolan has opened a dedicated Cell Collection Centre in Nottingham, increasing timely access to donations and easing pressure on the NHS. It means more donations can happen on the right day, which can be critical for patients awaiting treatment.
This advert closes on Wednesday 27 Aug 2025.
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