Responsible for the delivery of advanced nursing skills within complex patient care pathways. This includes having continuous responsibility for the assessment of care needs and the development and implementation and evaluation of patient care establishing evidence-based practice.

To manage, develop and co-ordinate the service providing support and management of patients during assessment for Home Therapies Treatment including Peritoneal Dialysis and Home Hemodialysis within both the hospital and community setting.

Be responsible for enhancing the Home Therapies Programme. This will include providing:

A comprehensive assessment of patients who wish to undertake a Home Therapy Treatment

Education and support for all potential patients and careers

Provide Managerial/Clinical Support to the Home Therapies Unit

Provide specialist knowledge and skills regarding Peritoneal Dialysis and Home Hemodialysis, providing support to patients, their families, and staff. This will include responsibility for teaching, mentoring, and assessing students, other trained staff, trainees, and professional staff and promoting a learning culture.

This will be achieved whilst working in conjunction with the relevant Consultant Nephrologist.

Main duties of the job

To ensure an appropriate referral pathway to the Home Therapies Team is in place. To allow all renal patients to be assessed, establishing their suitability for Home Therapies, in line with national standards and National Standards Framework

To facilitate the smooth running of Home Therapies Clinics both medical and nurse led ensuring that tests and investigations are followed up appropriately.

Actively participate in local and national clinical audit programmes with support from Clinical Audit Officer

To undertake home visits as required/necessary to facilitate the education of patients/ family/carers regarding aspects of undertaking a Home Dialysis Therapy

To ensure local protocols/Standard Operating Procedures are updated and reviewed within agreed timescale.

To promote the health and wellbeing of patients undertaking a Home Dialysis Therapy by developing access to health promotion information in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team

About us

Our People Charter outlines the behaviors we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We value people
• We are one team
• We care

We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Renal Nursing with relevant band 6 experience
• Experience of participating in clinical audit
• Experience in policy development
• Experience of leading/managing a team of staff
• Change management experience
• Experience in complex caseload management
• Health Promotion Experience

Desirable

• Budget and financial management experience

Skills

Essential

• Clinical skills specific to area of specialty
• Ability to lead and work as part of a team
• Mentoring and counselling skills
• Change management skills
• Leadership skills
• Excellent time management and organisation skills
• Computer literate
• Presentation skills
• Analytical approach to problem solving
• Current IV and Phlebotomy skills

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of change management processes
• Knowledge and understanding of application of relevant National Guidance e.g. National Service Frameworks, NICE etc
• Comprehensive knowledge of the NHS national and Trust's targets and priorities
• In depth knowledge and understanding of the needs of the specific patient group
• Evidence of current CPD

Desirable

• Recruitment and Selection, Appraisal and other relevant HR/People management training
• LEO Programme or equivalent
• Management Development Training

Qualifications

Essential

• RGN
• First Degree in Nursing or working towards
• Teaching and assessing qualification eg. ENB 6590 (998) or equivalent
• Post registration qualification / training in area of clinical speciality
• Non Medical Consent or willingness to complete on appointment

Employer details

Employer name

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bradford Royal Infirmary

Bradford

BD9 6RJ

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