Registered Nurse - Renal Unit
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
- Location
- Dunstable
- Salary
- £29,970 to £36,483 Per annum
- Closing date
- 19 Oct 2024
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- Profession
- Nurse, Mental health, Mental health nurse, Adult nurse, Renal nurse, Adult mental health nurse
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse Chiltern Kidney Centre who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
This treatment facility opened in October 2021 enabling renal patients living in and around this area to have their treatment in their hometown. You will be joining with an experienced renal team who has extensive experience in developing workforce to manage Renal units. The post will be based in Houghton Regis but managed by the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.
Spanning over three decades, our experience in dialysis, innovative research and treatment concepts has earned us national and international recognition.
Previous experience is dialysis is not required for the post. The Chiltern Kidney Centre unit is providing an environment with state-of-the-art IT systems and equipment and plenty parking facilities . You will be trained in the delivery of high-quality patient care in a dialysis setting. The East and North Herts Trust (The Lister renal unit) has a proven track record of successfully developing and managing Renal Dialysis Units at Stevenage, St Albans, Bedford, Harlow (PAH) and Chiltern Kidney Centre.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
In this role you will work as a member of the multidisciplinary clinical team in renal.Renal Team will be providing the clinical management of patients requiring dialysis around Luton.
You will demonstrate a willingness to develop the knowledge and skills required to care for renal patients. This includes the delivery of care to all patients receiving renal replacement therapy in the haemodialysis units, on the nephrology ward and in home therapies.
Communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, nursing collages, the Multidisciplinary Team and all other relevant personnel.
Participate as a member of the nursing team to provide a high standard of research based care, support the team of staff working in the area to deliver a quality service and support the Sisters / Charge Nurses and Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in the training and development of junior staff.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
Desirable
Other requirements
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Desirable
Employer details
Employer name
East and North Herts NHS Trust
Address
Chiltern Kidney Centre
Unit 5 Nimbus Park
Dunstable
LU5 5WZ
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
361-6651697
This treatment facility opened in October 2021 enabling renal patients living in and around this area to have their treatment in their hometown. You will be joining with an experienced renal team who has extensive experience in developing workforce to manage Renal units. The post will be based in Houghton Regis but managed by the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust.
Spanning over three decades, our experience in dialysis, innovative research and treatment concepts has earned us national and international recognition.
Previous experience is dialysis is not required for the post. The Chiltern Kidney Centre unit is providing an environment with state-of-the-art IT systems and equipment and plenty parking facilities . You will be trained in the delivery of high-quality patient care in a dialysis setting. The East and North Herts Trust (The Lister renal unit) has a proven track record of successfully developing and managing Renal Dialysis Units at Stevenage, St Albans, Bedford, Harlow (PAH) and Chiltern Kidney Centre.
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
In this role you will work as a member of the multidisciplinary clinical team in renal.Renal Team will be providing the clinical management of patients requiring dialysis around Luton.
You will demonstrate a willingness to develop the knowledge and skills required to care for renal patients. This includes the delivery of care to all patients receiving renal replacement therapy in the haemodialysis units, on the nephrology ward and in home therapies.
Communicate effectively and work in partnership with patients, nursing collages, the Multidisciplinary Team and all other relevant personnel.
Participate as a member of the nursing team to provide a high standard of research based care, support the team of staff working in the area to deliver a quality service and support the Sisters / Charge Nurses and Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in the training and development of junior staff.
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Registered Nurse on part 1, part 2 or part 12 of the NMC register
- Commitment to lifelong learning
- Evidence of further education, training and on-going learning
- Ability to product updated personal professional portfolio
Desirable
- Evidence of Assessing and Mentorship qualification
- Evidence of appropriate Specialist Qualification
Other requirements
Essential
- Awareness of strategies for maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors
- Evidence of commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion for everyone
- Evidence of commitment to the Trust's values and the ability to demonstrate them at all times
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
- Evidence of commitment to the Trust's values and the ability to demonstrate them at all times
- Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion nonsupervisory posts
- Role model our Trust values every day
Desirable
- Knowledge of appropriate specialist nursing care requirements
- Resource management awareness
Skills
Essential
- Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
- Ability to work within a team
- Good self-awareness
- Good organisational skills
- Ability to priorities and organise workload
- Flexibility around working hours
Desirable
- Computer literacy
- Venepuncture
- Cannulation
Employer details
Employer name
East and North Herts NHS Trust
Address
Chiltern Kidney Centre
Unit 5 Nimbus Park
Dunstable
LU5 5WZ
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
361-6651697
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