JOB OVERVIEW

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced peritoneal dialysis nurse to join our expanding team. The role will be based in the community, as this is a home-based therapy. You will be supporting our patients in the comfort of their own homes, dealing with issues they may experience due to their dialysis. We will ensure you are equipped to train patients at home, to undertake post training follow ups and support our more vulnerable patients that require regular visits. There may be times where you will be required to work inhouse, to support the team with clinics which we run 4 times a week alongside our consultants. You will carry out routine procedures such as, exit site dressings, PET’s, adequacies and line changes as per unit protocol. You will also assess patients’ suitability for Peritoneal Dialysis as their choice of therapy.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Anaemia management
• Quality improvement & auditing experience
  Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
  References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
  Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
  Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
  DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

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APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

To have responsibility for the following aspects of care and management:
The post holder has delegated continuing responsibility for the management of the clinical areas in the CAPD unit.
They will provide clinical leadership to the nursing team in the absence of the Unit Manager.
They will lead the nursing team in the provision of safe and effective clinical practice and enhance the patient’s experience.
The post holder will ensure continuity, sharing of ideas and the settings of standards of care.
Information and feedback will be shared to empower patients and members of the multidisciplinary team.
The post holder must possess fundamental management and facilitation skill in order to coordinate and supervise the activity/management of the staff, promote multidisciplinary working and foster a supportive learning environment in the absence of the manager.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Specialist Community Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse role at Epsom and St Helier.