Job overview
The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering a high standard of care to dialysis patients as well as ensuring an excellent learning environment for patient and staff.With the support of the Clinical Matron and Lead Clinicians, he/ she will need to participate in relevant projects and ensure strict compliance with specific infection and dialysis guidelines in order to develop the service.The post holder must have excellent interpersonal skills and have the capacity to work autonomously as a clinical expert. He/she will need substantial renal nursing experience, passes in renal degree modules or the ENB 136 certificate and have a keen interest in advance dialysis practice. He/she must also be self-motivated and have excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
Main duties of the job
To have continuous responsibility for the following aspects of care and management:
Develop and update protocols and related practice in line with current evidence based practice
Care delivered to patients and the setting and monitoring of standards of care
Selection, deployment, training and development of staff and students.
Assessment, development and implementation of specialised nursing packages of care.
Compliance with all Clinical guidelines and hospital policies by all members of the staff.
To create and support a learning environment and promote continuous professional development.
To provides highly specialised nursing advice to ensure appropriate treatment and care is delivered to the
patient at all times.
To refers and order specialised tests in line with agreed protocols and clinical governance guidelines
To motivate and engage patients in shared or self-care.
To provide holistic patient centred care to all dialysis patients.
To Assess, plan and implement specialised packages of nursing of care to patients as the named nurse
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Dialysis Junior Charge Nurse/ Sister Nursing role at Epsom and St Helier.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered General Nurse
2. ENB 136 or equivalent Renal Qualification
3. Mentorship course or equivalent
Desirable criteria
4. Competence in additional technical skills (e.g.venepuncture, cannulation, haemodialysis)
5. Understand PAS/IPM
Experience
Essential criteria
6. Previous experience in Renal Nursing
7. Experience and knowledge of transplantation, peritoneal dialysis and nephrology
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
8. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
9. Shift management experience
10. Skill in staff management
11. Acute/critical care patient management skills
12. Ability to read and write English
Desirable criteria
13. Ability to read and write English
14. Counselling 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.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
NameAlbert AcheamfourJob titleRenal MatronEmail addressTelephone number07909000003