Clinical Nurse Specialist - Advanced Kidney Care

NHS; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Advanced Kidney Care to provide specialist nursing and manage advanced kidney care. The role includes collaboration with a dedicated team, offering opportunities for training and career development, while being part of a transformative hospital redevelopment project.

Benefits

Flexible hours

On-site nursery facilities

Comprehensive benefits package

Career development opportunities

On-site restaurant

Qualifications

• Post registration experience in nephrology care.
• Experience in managing patients relevant to specialty area.
• Willingness to work towards Non-Medical Prescribing qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist nursing advice for individualized patient care.
• Manage complex situations with appropriate actions.
• Deputise for line manager as needed.

Skills

Teamwork

Independence

Patient management

Flexibility

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Relevant degree (level 6)

Teaching and Assessing qualification

Job description

Go back The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Advanced Kidney Care

The closing date is 20 June 2025

Work within a team of two nephrology consultants, one specialty training nephrology registrar and a dedicated renal secretary to provide general nephrology care to the population of Hillingdon Hospital. The role will focus on but not be limited to advanced kidney care management and preparation for dialysis and transplantation. Educational and peersupport will be through the local renal consultants but also the broader advanced kidney care team at the Hammersmith Hospital with regular meetings and training.

Main duties of the job

To provide specialist nursing advice to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to patients/clients and relatives/carers without supervision in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team in line with local and national targets.The post holder will provide specialist nursing care and support and deputise for their line manager in the management of their clinical speciality. This will involve dealing with complexsituations and having to take appropriate action in a variety of settings.To be flexible in the approach to the clinical area and to provide cover for any area specified acting as professional role model providing direct and indirect clinical care, teaching and research.

About us

This is a great time to join The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as the Advanced Kidney Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS).

We are currently in the process of redeveloping the hospital to provide a new state-of-the-arthospital for the residents of Hillingdon, and beyond, which supports the very best in delivery of healthcare and will be fit for our future.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people across the Borough of Hillingdon, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare -our mission is to provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, improving the health and wellbeing of the people we serve.

We are clear that our Vision can only be achieved by our staff, our most valuable asset. We are committed to making improvements for both our patients and our staff which we will deliver through living our CARES values: Communication, Attitude, Responsibility, Equity and Safety.More information about our Vision and values and how we build these into our recruitment process can be found on our website.

We value our staff and where possible we offer flexible hours, a full range of benefits, on-site nursery facilities and restaurant as well as a wide range of training and career development opportunities. We are proud to say that our staff survey results show that our staff look forward to coming to work here.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Person specification

• NMC Registered Nurse
• Working toward a relevant degree (level 6)
• Teaching and Assessing qualification or equivalent teaching experience
• Post registration experience in a relevant area with experience of change management.
• Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or willingness to work towards
• Significant post registration experience in specialty area and experience in either junior specialty role or team leader/ward management role
• Experience with managing patients relevant to specialist area
• Ability to work within a team and independently
• Has attained a relevant Degree (level 6)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

£51,883 to £58,544 a yearper annum (incl. of HCAA)