Nurse Team Leader - Chiltern Kidney Centre

East And North Hertfordshire Nhs Trust; Houghton Regis; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Nurse Team Leader for the Renal Chiltern Dialysis unit in Houghton Regis. You will lead a renal multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality care and Renal Replacement Therapy, with a focus on patient safety and excellent clinical outcomes.

The role involves deputising for the Senior Sister/Charge Nurse, shaping service delivery, and mentoring nursing and support staff within a state-of-the-art dialysis environment.

Qualifications

• First level nurse on Part 1 of the NMC register, educated to diploma level.
• Renal post-registration education to include a recognised renal course and mentorship qualification.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and commitment to lifelong learning.
• Evidence of leadership training / development.
• Relevant health care related degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead nursing care in the renal unit, delivering Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) including haemodialysis.
• Promote high standards of professional practice and care within unit policies and guidelines.
• Demonstrate expert clinical skills with renal patients.
• Deputise for the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse when absent, handling operational management at unit level.
• Provide clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and support staff.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Team motivation

Flexibility

Negotiation

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

NMC Part 1 registered nurse (diploma level)

Renal course

Mentorship qualification

Health care-related degree

Job description

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Leader - Renal Chiltern Dialysis who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

Chiltern renal unit was opened in 2022 when it moved from the Luton and Dunstable Hospital enabling renal patients living in and around this area to have their treatment in their hometown.

The renal unit is under the East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust but situated in Houghton Regis Dunstable. We are looking for an experienced renal nurse to join us with an experienced renal team who has extensive experience in developing workforce to manage renal units.

The Chiltern Satellite unit is providing an environment with state-of-the-art IT systems and equipment. Post holders will be trained in the delivery of high-quality patient care in a dialysis setting.

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

You will work as an integral part of the multidisciplinary management-clinical team in renal. You will demonstrate expertise and leadership in the delivery of care to patients requiring Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) in the form of haemodialysis.

Promote high standards of professional practice and high quality of care, delivery within Trust and department policies, protocols and guidelines.

Demonstrate expert clinical skills with specialised knowledge in caring for renal patients.

Deputise for the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in their absence with regard to the operational management of clinical service delivery at unit level.

Provide clinical and managerial leadership to nursing and support staff.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire 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 information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications / Training

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.
• Evidence of leadership training / development.
• Relevant health care related degree

Previous 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

• Ability to communicate effectively – excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• 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 use negotiating skills in a positive manner to influence change within 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.
• Ability to manage self and others in delivery of own work and related clinical outcomes to meet department expectations.

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.

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

• Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
• Role model our Trust values every day