Registered Nurse - St Albans Haemodialysis Unit

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust; St Albans; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Training and development

Mentorship

Job summary

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust is recruiting a Registered Nurse for the St Albans Haemodialysis Unit. The role involves delivering high standards of dialysis care, assessing patients, and developing care plans in collaboration with senior staff.

You will work flexibly, participate in the haemodialysis on-call rota, mentor junior staff, and ensure accurate documentation of observations. A patient-centred approach and strong communication with families are essential.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience in haemodialysis or renal care desirable.
• Ability to assess and plan care for dialysis patients.

Responsibilities

• Care for patients undergoing dialysis in-centre or satellite units.
• Assess, develop, implement and evaluate plans of care.
• Supervise junior staff and students in the absence of senior staff.
• Be flexible to meet service needs and participate in on-call rota.
• Record clinical observations accurately and share findings with the team.
• Communicate with patients and families with empathy.

Skills

Haemodialysis care

Patient care

Clinical assessment

Nursing supervision

Empathy

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Tools

Dialysis machines

Job description

We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse - St Albans Haemodialysis Unit who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

To be responsible for the care of patients undergoing dialysis, assessing individual patient care needs. To develop, implement and evaluate plans of care for a group of patients dialyzing at an in-centre or at our satellite units in accordance with agreed policies and professional guidelines.

In the absence of senior staff, taking responsibility for the delegation and supervision of appropriate work to other qualified staff, healthcare support workers and students. To work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and participate in the hemodialysis on-call rota.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

To provide a high standard of nursing care to meet the needs of patients with supervision and support from senior colleagues.

To identify clinical changes in patients and make safe and appropriate decisions in partnership with senior colleagues, seeking timely advice whenever necessary.

With decreasing levels of supervision, the nurse will plan, implement and evaluate care based on our model of nursing ensuring that the needs of each individual patient.

Be responsible for the accurate recording of clinical observations and data relating to patients care, ensuring that progress is maintained and reviewed.

Be able to present and discuss relevant issues with senior colleagues and the multidisciplinary team.

To communicate with patients and families with empathy and reassurance regarding assessment, care and treatment.

Recognise when situations are beyond own scope of competence and inform the shift leader promptly.

To utilise equipment and resources safely and efficiently and to take appropriate action to ensure that equipment is maintained in line with ward/unit policy.

To participate in the mentorship and teaching of junior, unqualified and student nurses ensuring that senior colleagues are made aware of any identified learning needs or difficulties.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching 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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Santee Navjee Job title: Nurse Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01727897588