Job summary
- Main area
- Renal - Medicine
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 361-7397737
- Employer
- East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bedford Renal Unit
- Town
- Bedford
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 13/10/2025
Employer heading

Registered Nurse - Bedford Renal
NHS AfC: Band 5
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 Registered Nurse - Renal who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
The East and North Herts Trust has a proven track record of successfully developing and managing Renal Dialysis Units at Stevenage, St Albans Luton and Dunstable, and more recently at Harlow and Bedford. Spanning over two decades, our experience in dialysis, innovative research and treatment concepts has earned us national and international recognition.
You will be joining an experienced Renal Team who have extensive experience in developing Workforce to manage Renal Units. You will be trained in the delivery of high quality patient care in a dialysis setting.
You may or may not have experience in Renal Nursing but must demonstrate a commitment to developing expertise in the management of patients with chronic kidney disease who require Haemodialysis.
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 successful candidate will work as part of the multidisciplinary renal team, showing willingness to develop skills and knowledge in renal patient care.
You will rotate between nephrology ward, haemodialysis units, and home therapies based on service needs.
You will also participate in the Renal On-call service as required.
The post holder will accurately record clinical observations and patient data to support ongoing care and review.
You will communicate empathetically with patients and families about assessment, care, and treatment.
Working for our organisation
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & 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; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & 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
Professional qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse or equivalent with live NMC registration
Desirable criteria
- Recognised teaching and assessing qualification
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of six months ward experience as a qualified nurse
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrable haemodialysis experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an ability to listen and comprehend
- Propose service developments
- Ability to prioritise and organize workload
- Ability to manage potentially difficult situations
- Ability to plan, deliver and evaluate interventions and/or treatments
- Ability to develop own skills and knowledge
- Physiological assessment of acutely unwell patient
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Patient focused – committed to ensuring a positive hospital experience for patients and the relatives/ carers
- Awareness of current professional issues
- Ability to support and mentor learners
Desirable criteria
- Understanding of critical care
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
- Lydia Mugambi
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01438286750
- Additional information
Please contact
Emelia Asiamah, Snr Sister, Bedford renal unit on 01438286750
Email [email protected] or [email protected],Renal matron, for further information.
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