Job overview

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Staff Nurse to support the Senior Sister to lead the Renal Unit.

You will be required to confidently support senior staff, sharing your ideas to improve the care of patients. You will focus on engaging with colleagues and developing our service. Where nursing standards could be made even better, you will spot it. You will have high expectations and deliver a service to match. If you are a strong inspirational, caring, compassionate individual whom works well under pressure and wants to deliver quality care then please apply.

This role covers 5 days per week, made up of long early, long late, short early, short late.

The Renal Unit delivers dialysis six days per week to 54 patients each day. As a Staff Nurse you will be expected to have a wide knowledge base about medical conditions. The successful candidate will be supported to achieve Renal Dialysis competencies and to contribute to the continuous development of the Renal Unit and advancement in patient-centred care, as well as keen to progress in their knowledge and skills. 

To assess basic and specialist care needs of patients and implement without direct supervision. The nurse should always act in such a manner as to justify public trust and confidence to safeguard the interest of individual patients.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.

Provision of renal dialysis following completion of renal nurse competencies.

To keep up to date with renal research to deliver evidence based care.

To be a team player supporting your colleagues and senior nursing team.

To have a holistic approach to the delivery of nursing care.

To practice in accordance with Trust, Values and Behaviours and policies.

Working for our organisation

We want to attract the best and brightest people to work with us and that means we will look after you from the moment you apply for a role at the Trust and throughout your career with us. Our staff are central to everything we do, and we believe that investing in you is crucial if we want to enable you to reach your full potential.