Job overview

Would you like to join a progressive, successful organisation, which has been highlighted as a Trust with an excellent track record in nursing care and is leading the way for hospitals across the country?

Salford's Ward H3 is looking to recruit a Band 5 Nurse who is motivated and passionate about working within Renal Services.

This is a 25 bedded ward providing care to patients with complex renal needs including haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and plasma exchange. Within H3 we have 3 monitored beds to provide a higher level of care to our patients. We also have a procedure room where we carry out procedures such as the insertion of haemodialysis access, peritoneal dialysis access and kidney biopsies to both inpatients and outpatients.

We are seeking Registered Nurses both experienced, new to renal and newly qualified to join us and our growing multi-disciplinary teams.

Registered or Student Nurses wanting to take your career to the next level in Renal this is the place for you. You will gain a wealth of knowledge and highly transferable skills from exposure to a variety of Renal conditions, supporting lifelong treatment pathways designed to ensure maximum independence and minimal disruption to patient independence and quality of life such as management of the acutely unwell adult, Haemodialysis, Peritoneal Dialysis, Home Dialysis, Venepuncture, Canulation, Blood Cultures, Intermediate Life Support, Chronic Kidney Disease, Vascular Access & Transplant.

Main duties of the job

Registered Nurses working within our services have progressed to higher banded roles within the service including within Specialist Nursing roles and Advanced Practitioner roles as we are passionate to support and grow our workforce to maximize potential to benefit Patients, Staff and the wider Service.

As a nurse on H3 you will be supported in developing haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis skills along with plasma exchange skills.

Salford Royal is a tertiary centre for Renal patients. Serving Greater Manchester with inpatient, outpatient and in-centre haemodialysis. There are currently 4 kidney Care Centres in the West Sector operating in Bolton, Rochdale, Oldham and Wigan.

These provide haemodialysis to outpatients along with nurse and consultant led outpatient clinics. We also have teams supporting community peritoneal and home haemodialysis as well as Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) management are also on site.

Our commitment to you

• Experienced nurse leadership to support you and your team when you need it
• A Ward based, experienced MDT to provide a fully holistic approach to patient care
• Specialist Renal Education Programmes for all new starters and advanced programmes once experienced
• Rotations – if you want the chance to spread your wings beyond Dialysis and get some acute renal experience, we will work through how we can support this with you and other teams across our Directorate

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.