Registered Nursing Associate for Renal Home Therapies

Royal Berkshire; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Registered Nursing Associate for Renal Home Therapies at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust in Reading. This Band 4 role delivers hands-on renal care and trains patients in Peritoneal dialysis. The position covers RBH-based and community settings, with core hours Monday to Friday and occasional bank holidays.

You will train patients for PD/APD, travel to patient sites, and work with the renal team to support home therapy delivery and patient comfort.

Qualifications

• Nursing qualification required as Registered Nursing Associate or Assistant Practitioner.
• Driver with access to a car.
• Prior medical/renal nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Carry out Peritoneal dialysis (PD) and teach patients to undertake PD/APD.
• Home visits to patients.
• Venepuncture / cannulation.
• Observations / ECGs.
• Infection control practices.
• Stock control and support for service delivery.
• Assist with renal procedures.
• Wound care.

Education

Registered Nursing Assistant or Assistant Practitioner (Health)

Job description

Registered Nursing Associate for Renal Home Therapies

Band 4 Registered Nursing Associate for Renal Home Therapies

PLEASE NOTE: Sponsorship is not normally available for this vacancy - applicants must have the right-to-work in the UK for this role by their proposed start date.

Nursing Associate - deliver hands on renal care to Renal Home therapy patients along their renal journey.

Essentially this a core hour post working Monday-Friday with the very occasional bank holiday working.

The role will involve the Nursing Associate to develop the skill of training patients to carry out Peritoneal dialysis and all their associated renal care.

The majority of the time you will be based at the RBH site - going on and off-site to meet the patients needs and service delivery.

Renal Care is provided in a variety of settings at the RBH base, in the patients homes, alternative RBH wards if the patient is an in -patient, additional care services, e.g. if there is a need to take renal care to the patient, out -patient settings.

The Renal service at the RBH covers East and West Berkshire (Jct 4-14 M4 corridor as an example).

Main duties of the job

To carry out Peritoneal dialysis (PD)as a dialysis modality.

Teach patients to undertake PD or Automated PD ( APD).

Home visits.

Observations / ECG's.

Wound care Infection control practices.

Venepuncture / cannulation.

Support the trained staff with service delivery.

Assist with renal procedures.

Stock control.

About us

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our Trust "CARE" values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Job responsibilities

Patient and family reviews / support

Venepunction / Cannulation.

Assisting the trained team in service delivery of these Home therapy patients.

Assist with infection control /risk practices.

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nursing Assistant or an Assistant Practitioner (Health)
• Experience as a Nursing Assistant or Assistant Practitioner
• Driver / car owner
• Prior medical / renal nursing experience

Experience

• Prior experience in Adult medicine / community nursing / renal

Ability to be a lone worker after a period of supervision

• Achieved following training and supervision / prior experience
• Prior patient or family training experience

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.