Registered Nursing Associate for Renal Home Therapies

Royal Berkshire Nhs Foundation Trust; Reading; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Nursing Associate to deliver hands-on renal care across PD/PD-APD pathways. The role is primarily a core hour post, Monday to Friday with occasional bank holiday work, based at the RBH site with some off-site patient visits.

The Nursing Associate will develop skills to train patients in Peritoneal dialysis, provide renal care across settings, and support renal procedures. Reading offers excellent transport links and a supportive NHS environment.

Responsibilities

• Train patients to undertake Peritoneal dialysis (PD) or Automated PD (APD).
• Provide patient health education and home visits.
• Perform Observations/ECGs and wound care with infection control practices.
• Perform Venepuncture/cannulation and stock control.
• Support trained staff with service delivery and assist with renal procedures.

Job description

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

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

Patient health education.

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.

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.