Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 11 months (End date: 31/05/2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-7257160
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bedford Dialysis Unit
- Town
- Bedford
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum - pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Nurse Team Leader - Haemodialysis
NHS AfC: Band 6
Here at East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust,
Our mission is:
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
Our vision to 2030 is:
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
Job overview
We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Leader - Haemodialysis who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients. The renal service at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is recognised as a specialist referral centre for renal medicine serving most of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and parts of Essex.
Dialysis facilities in places such as :
- St Albans City Hospital
- Chiltern Kidney Centre, Dunstable
- Bedford Dialysis Unit
- Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will promote high standards of professional practice and high quality care delivery within Trust and department policies, protocols and guidelines.
You will deputise for the Senior Sister and/or Charge Nurse in their absence with regard to the operational management of clinical service delivery at unit level.
Within your role, you will utilise effective communication methods with nursing and medical colleagues, patients and visitors in ways that are consistent with their level of understanding, culture and background.
You will also need to ensure that legislation, policies and procedures are applied correctly within the renal department.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- First level nurse on Part 1 of the NMC register, educated to diploma level.
- Relevant clinical post-registration education to include a recognised renal course and mentorship qualification.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development and commitment to lifelong learning.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leadership training / development.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience caring for patients requiring renal nursing.
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in audit / research and willingness to present findings at meetings and conferences.
- Advanced skills in quality assurance of patient dialysis treatment.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of leadership and motivational skills, ability to lead and motivate a team
- Demonstrates a flexible approach, able to react to the changing needs of the department.
- Ability to liaise and work with the multidisciplinary team, making recommendations to enhance the smooth running and management of the unit.
Desirable criteria
- Representing Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in their absence.
- Understanding of scheduling and capacity.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Has an understanding of managing a busy dialysis unit
- Awareness of current developments in pre and post registration nursing
- Understanding of risk management, health and safety and other clinical governance issues.
- Knowledge of local and national health care initiatives / innovation to improve patient care, experience and safety
Desirable criteria
- Computer literate - relevant to renal department.
- Understanding of expenditure and budget management
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
- Name
- Emeliah Asiamah
- Job title
- Haemodialysis Unit Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438286750
List jobs with East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust in Nursing and Midwifery or all sectors