09 Oct
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Shrewsbury
Job description
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly and supportive team at our Acute Renal Unit at The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.
Are you an enthusiastic RN looking to specialise, have excellent communication skills and want to make a difference to your patients?
If so , come and join us!
Due to expanding our workforce we have current vacancies .
The Shrewsbury unit has 22 dialysis stations. We also provide inpatient dialysis on the renal ward.
Previous experience is not essential as we have an excellent teaching and competency package & full training will be given.
Main duties of the job
As a dialysis nurse you will care for patients in Chronic Kidney Failure who attend the out patient unit for dialysis 3 times a week.
You will also care for patients with acute kidney injury and inpatients requiring dialysis on the Renal Ward.
Responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation ofindividualised patient care. Working in partnership with patients and their carers to ensure the patients training needs are met ensuring their safety to dialyse at home.
- To ensure the patient's physical, spiritual and emotional needs are met.
- Formulate and deliver high quality dialysis therapy. Assessment of patients without direct supervision, seeking guidance on actions that are outside agreed defined standards.
- Recognise changes in patients' conditions which require the intervention of others and ensure that timely referrals are made or escalation procedures enacted as appropriate
About us
On the Dialysis unit we care for patients undergoing Haemodialysis and focus on holistic care, we also promote self-care, which enables and empowers our patients.
Our aim is to provide a high quality standard of individualised care and treatment to patients with established renal failurewithin a safe and supportive environment by friendly, competently trained staff.
We care for our patients with Chronic Kidney failure on the outpatient unit and we dialysis our inpatients on the renal ward.
You will be supernumerary whilst completing your competency pack and allocated to staff mentors to work with. As a Staff Nurse on the Dialysis unit you will be responsible for your own caseload of patients, this will be on completion of your competency documents, you will complete a monthly review of all your patients on our renal database.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of current professional issues
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong leadership skills
- Good organisation skills; able to plan own work but also work effectively within a team
- Ability to prioritise and make sound decisions, sometimes under pressure
- Ability to use a range of IT applications, Word, Outlook and web based applications.
- Evidence of on-going professional development
Desirable
Understanding of use of audit in a clinical setting
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse
- Relevant diploma or equivalent experience
- Literacy & numeracy Level 2 or equivalent (GCSE A-C)
- Appropriate level of verbal and written English language skills
Desirable
- Renal Experience
- Degree or willing to work towards degree
- Mentorship qualification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in an acute healthcare environment
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Post qualification experience of working in an acute NHS Trust
- Experience working within a specialty
- Mentorship