Main area: Nurse
Grade: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full time / Part time)
Job ref: 216-HB-M6762164
Employer: University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Plymouth Dialysis Unit
Town: Plymouth
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/12/2024 23:59
Staff Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic RGN to join our friendly and highly skilled nursing team. The unit has 30 Dialysis stations where our patients attend for dialysis 3 times a week. We are situated approximately 1 mile away from the main Derriford site and we are located in Estover. There is free parking.
We are a Nurse Led unit offering patient centred care to 170 patients from Devon and Cornwall. We have satellite dialysis units at Kingsbridge and Saltash. We are fully committed to providing a supportive learning environment for all of our nurses. You will be encouraged to develop mentoring of students and new staff. We are working in partnership with Plymouth University to provide specialist renal training to nurses who wish to undertake further academic training.
Our working hours are:
* Monday-Saturday
Early shift 06:30– 14:30
* Late shift 12:00 – 20:00
* LD 6.30-20.00
If you are keen to join an excellent team of staff then why not come and visit the unit and see for yourself. The successful applicant will need to be enthusiastic, visionary and self-motivated with an interest in teaching and staff development.
Main duties of the job
* Responsible for co-ordinating and delivering effective specialized quality nursing care ensuring the area of work runs smoothly and efficiently.
* To provide clinical expertise and work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
* Supervision and direction of junior nursing staff, healthcare assistants and learners.
* Take part in ward/haemodialysis rotation programme to provide specialist renal treatments using highly complex dialysis machinery.
* In the absence of Ward Sister/Deputy, regularly assumes responsibility for the ward/unit, utilising knowledge of standards, policies and procedures outlined by the trust.
* To provide leadership and act as role model for other staff members.
* Contributes to the management of risk, both clinical and financial.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Providing and delivering a high standard of specialist nursing care by initiating and co-ordinating the assessment, planning, and evaluating of individual patients needs based on evidence within the Haemodialysis, Transplantation, Peritoneal teams.
* Commencement of haemodialysis, cannulation and termination of dialysis using highly complex specialist dialysis equipment to include problem solving skills.
* Care of the haemodialysis patient with Percutaneous Access to include problem solving skills.
* Interpret any machine alarms and take corrective action.
* Assist in the care of patients undergoing minor surgical interventions recognising problems and initiating action when required.
* To carry out clinical observations on patients, recognising, recording and using a problem solving approach act on all changes in patient’s condition.
* Utilise a problem solving approach to patient care.
* Promoting and delivering health education within the clinical area and advise patient, family, and others in health promotion issues.
* Engage; interact with carers/family encouraging them to be actively involved in patient’s care, planning.
* Demonstrating and undertaking evidence-based practice playing an active part in the introduction of this evidence to improve patient centred care.
* Supervising, assessing, and supporting Registered Nurses and Health Care Professionals to including bank and agency staff in the clinical setting.
* Increasing the level of knowledge and skills within the Ward/Directorate through sharing best practice, mentoring and supporting others to develop their professional abilities.
* Implementing and sharing good infection control practice.
* Undertaking manual handling assessments and ensuring identified actions are met and implemented.
* Day to day direct supervision of a team of patients and staff.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
* Demonstrable post registration experience in a relevant clinical area.
* Proven evidence of recent Continuing Professional development.
* Demonstrable experience in cannulation.
Qualifications
* NMC Registration
* Demonstrable good communication skills, written and verbal, with ability to demonstrate fluency, clarity and effectiveness at all levels.
* Numerate.
* Demonstrate potential management abilities.
* Demonstrable ability to facilitate change within the work area.
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