Staff Nurse - Renal (Kingston Unit)

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

BAND 5 - STAFF NURSE FOR RENAL (KINGSTON UNIT)

We are looking for a well and motivated Staff Nurse to join our nursing team. You would have experience of, or an interest in renal care as well as being able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills.
The South West Thames Renal Unit, Kingston Satellite unit has 16 stations which facilitate dialysis for St Helier and St Georges patients. The unit is open Monday to Saturday from 07.00 to 23.00 hours. The unit is shut on Sunday. This is a great opportunity to develop your dialysis and management skills in a nurse led unit.
The team at Kingston Dialysis Unit have a range of experiences and skills. Many have worked in clinical settings other than renal so have a great wealth of knowledge which we find enriches our practice. We strive to deliver care to our patients while at all times upholding the trusts’ key value of respect. We have developed close working relationships with all members of the teams in the Renal unit at St Helier hospital. We have also developed effective cross-unit relationships with our colleagues at St Georges Renal Unit in Tooting. We are a friendly team who prides itself on delivering kind and compassionate evidence based care. We look forward to meeting you and welcoming you into the team.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

• Computer skills
• Counselling skills
• Presentation and teaching skills
  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.

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

Under the supervision of Sister/Charge Nurse you will be accountable for the total provision, organisation and direction of the nursing care for the patient under your care.
You will assess, plan and implement specialised packages of nursing of care to patients as the named nurse.
You will ensure that care is patient-focused and that patient dignity and privacy are maintained at all times. As a unit we are very supportive of including patients in the decision making around their care but also where possible being involved in the care itself. We promote shared care whereby the patients can be taught to complete elements of their dialysis treatment which may in the future support them to consider home based care. We recognise that this empowers our patients and gives them an understanding of their illness. As a nurse in this environment you would be involved in patient education, support, empowerment and assisting them as appropriate to each individual.
You will act under direction of the registered nurse in charge of the nursing team in setting standards and expectations in the quality of care. Take an active role in maintaining effective communication with all disciplines, patients and relatives.
You will represent patients at multi-disciplinary meetings ensuring that their needs are assertively presented. For example handover, discharge planning, attending case conferences, team referrals such as OT, physio, pain team, tissue viability, renal access and dietician

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Haemodialysis Nurse post.