An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our friendly and supportive team at our satellite unit at Ludlow Hospital. Are you an enthusiastic nurse with dialysis experience? If you have excellent communication skills and want to make a difference to your patients, come and join us!
The Renal unit at Ludlow has 4 dialysis stations and is open 6 days a week from Monday to Saturday. Previous experience is essential; however, we are keen to develop staff with further training and courses.
Main duties of the job
As a dialysis nurse, you will care for patients in Chronic Kidney Failure who attend the outpatient unit for dialysis 3 times a week.
* Responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of individualised 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 failure within a safe and supportive environment by friendly, competently trained staff.
We will give you a supernumerary period to complete our dialysis competencies.
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, e.g., Word, Outlook, and web-based applications.
* Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable
* Understanding of the 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 a 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
Employer details
Employer name
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Address
Ludlow Community Hospital
Gravel Hill
Ludlow
SY8 1QX
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