Renal Department Assistant

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health care institution is seeking a Renal Department Assistant to join its friendly team. This role involves preparing dialysis machines and assisting nurses with patient care, while receiving comprehensive training and support. Flexibility in working hours and attendance is essential. This position offers development opportunities within a well-supported environment.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Qualifications

• You must demonstrate flexibility in the working environment and willingness to develop clinical skills.
• Must be reliable in terms of attendance and timekeeping.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and program dialysis machines for sessions.
• Assist nurses with patient care during dialysis.
• Learn and develop skills under the mentorship of experienced staff.

Skills

Care experience

NHS experience

Experience working with the public

Renal experience

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Renal Department Assistant

The closing date is 22 October 2025

Recognised nationally for our passion to deliver high quality compassionate care we are looking for staff to join our established friendly renal team.

The Renal Dialysis Unit is a purpose built unit with 55 dialysis stations providing chronic haemodialysis and acute treatments including hemodiafiltration and plasma exchange. This is a rewarding role working closely with patients to ensure they obtain optimal care in the haemodialysis setting.

Experience is not essential as all staff are well supported by our Practice development facilitator and we have comprehensive competency packages in place for all new starters. However you must be able to demonstrate a flexible approach within the working environment and a willingness to develop clinical skills. The Unit operates Monday to Saturday from 06:30 till 00:30 and you must be flexible to cover shifts within these hours over 4 days per week.

Please contact us for an informal visit and see what we can offer you.

Main duties of the job

This role involves preparing and programming the dialysis machines and related equipment for dialysis sessions, and assisting the nurse with caring for a team of patients whilst on dialysis. You will be provided with the appropriate training to learn how to do this and there may be further opportunities to progress to Nurse Associate Training and, becoming part of the on call rota for the unit.

This is a demanding role involving both technical and caring aspects. On commencement of the post, support will be provided by a mentor (an experienced technician) and the Clinical Facilitators until you are deemed competent to work unsupervised. The Clinical facilitators also provide continued support to allow you to develop your skills further. Your reliability in terms of attendance and timekeeping are essential.

You will be working alongside nurses to provide dialysis care and will ensure the needs of complex chronic patients are met.

Closing date of applications: 22 October 2025

Interview date: 05 November 2025

This position is offered as a secondment. Accordingly, you are required to consult with your manager and obtain approval prior to submitting your application.

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Job responsibilities

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Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).

Person Specification

Experience

• Care experience
• NHS experience

Experience

• Experience working with the public

Experience

• Renal 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.

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust