Renal Nursing

Staff Nurse (Band 5)

Are you a newly qualified registered nurse, about to qualify or looking for a change in your nursing career? Would you like to develop skills in renal nursing, caring for patients who have kidney failure? We currently have vacancies on our renal ward and dialysis units.

The Renal Unit at St Georges Hospital has some of the best patients' outcomes in the UK and we continuously strive to improve and expand our service. We offer excellent exposure to both medical & surgical nursing caring for patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery to facilitate kidney transplantation, dialysis treatment, innovative renal access surgery and nephrology nursing. You will work with experienced renal nurses, clinical nurse specialists and a multi professional team that encourages innovation and clinical excellence and committed to offering high standards of care to patients and their families.

There are opportunities to undertake renal specific education, to rotate between the different areas within the unit, gaining a variety of clinical and managerial experience. A career in renal nursing can help you work towards becoming a clinical nurse specialist or provide you with opportunities to become a multi-skilled nurse.

If you are interested, motivated, keen to develop and can demonstrate good communication, interpersonal & team player skills we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Providing excellent nursing care. As skills and competencies develop taking charge and actively participating in and contributing to the management of the ward or department on a regular basis.

See job description for full details.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Providing excellent nursing care to renal patients. As skills and competencies develop taking charge and actively participating in and contributing to the management of the ward or department on a regular basis.

See job description and person specification for full details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (general)

Desirable

• A minimum of 12 months post registration experience

Organisational Management

Essential

• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care according to individual needs
• Ability to effectively prioritise workload and patient care needs.
• Demonstrates an understanding of clinical risk

Desirable

• Computer literate
• Ability to take charge of the ward in the absence of the Ward Manager on a regular basis.

Education & Research

Essential

• Demonstrates an understanding of the importance of research and evidence based practice
• Able to explain the principles of mentoring and assessing junior staff
• Understands the importance of developing self and others

Desirable

• Demonstrates an understanding of audit
• Ability to take on small research or audit project.

General & Personal

Essential

• Motivated and demonstrates an enthusiasm for the speciality
• Demonstrates a caring and sensitive approach to patient care
• Sound verbal and written communication.
• Adaptable and responsive to changing needs
• Ability to use own initiative

Desirable

• Ability to motivate and lead staff for a shift.

Employer details

Employer name

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

London, Tooting

SW17 0QT

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