• An exciting opportunity to work within our renal unit for a part time Band 6 registered nurse as an Advanced Kidney Care Nurse.
• The renal unit looks after our local population of renal patients as well as patients from further afield.
• The service cares for patients with kidney disease encompassing acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease and renal transplantation.
• There are 2 haemodialysis units, one of which looks after acutely unwell patients and a home dialysis unit.
• Our outpatient clinics provide care for patients along their renal pathway.
• You will contribute to the provision of excellent patient care and must have experience and up to date knowledge and skills in renal nursing.
• You are expected to have excellent communication skills in order to liaise appropriately with key members of the multi-disciplinary team and both primary and secondary teams.
• You should be able to draw on extensive knowledge and skills and be comfortable in giving information to patients to help them make informed choices, have developed clinical decision make skills, be a confident educator for both patients and staff and be able to have a flexible approach in meeting the needs of patients.
• Opportunities for study, teaching, research and service development are available and encouraged as part of this role within the team.
• Applicants should be able to demonstrate excellent communication and team work skills.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties:

• To work closely with the Consultant Nephrologists and AKC Lead to facilitate the management of Advanced Kidney Care patients encompassing anaemia management of the Chronic Kidney Disease population.
• To co-manage out-patient clinics at St Georges and lead clinics at Kingston Hospital on Monday and Friday afternoons with Consultant support.
• To deliver high quality, evidence based care to patients and their families.
• To act as a source of specialist nursing knowledge for the clinical staff.
• Independent and supplementary prescription within protocols and cost controls (if a nurse prescriber) within the guidelines set out by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society for prescribers.
• Review of prescription, make recommendations and implement change as necessary (if a nurse prescriber) within the guidelines set out by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society for prescribers.
• To undertake patient/staff education.
• To partake in the audit process of Advanced Kidney Care and anaemia management.
• To communicate with expertise within the multi-disciplinary team and with primary care providers.
• To facilitate learners and act as an effective role model.
• Maintain and develop own clinical expertise and credibility by undertaking clinical shifts as require.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the document attached to the advert for detailed job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Registered general Nurse
• Accredited renal course or equivalent
• Recognised Practice supervisor/assessor course
• Evidence of teaching skills

Desirable

• Advanced nursing assessment/skills post graduate course
• Evidence of audit or research project
• Educated to degree level or equivalent with evidence of further professional development
• Non-Medical Prescribing Course

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of three years' experience within renal nursing
• Excellent up to date relevant clinical expertise in renal nursing
• Understanding of anaemia in renal failure
• Experience of change management

Desirable

• Management of anaemia of renal failure
• Experience of data collection for research and audit

Skills

Essential

• Clinical skills in renal nursing
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation & teaching skills
• To be competent with Word/ Excel/Powerpoint
• Understanding of End of Life planning and Advanced Care planning, liaising with Palliative Care team and Hospices

Desirable

• Leadership development qualification
• IT skills - to be competent with local database systems such as CV5/iCLIP or any other computer systems used in NHS Trusts

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrates an understanding of the assessment process for student nurses and of creating a learning environment
• Understanding of current NHS issues, Clinical Governance, Health & Safety , Risk Assessment
• Knowledge of national guidelines for renal services and impact on own role
• Knowledge and experience of service improvement and change management

Desirable

• Member of Anaemia Nurse Specialist Association (ANSA) and attend annual conferences

general

Essential

• Motivates and demonstrates enthusiasm for renal nursing
• Adaptable, flexible and responsive to changing needs of the service
• Demonstrates a willingness to learn and initiative
• Ability to identify stress in self and others and to take effective action to manage the situation

Desirable

• Own mode of transport for offsite clinics

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St George's University Hospitals

London

SW17 0QT

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