Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join our renal team as a specialist nurse in home dialysis therapies. If you are looking for career development working with renal patients this is an ideal opportunity.
MFT are looking to recruit an enthusiastic individual to support and enhance the development of the home dialysis service. We are interested in hearing from nurses who have at least 3 years post registration renal nursing experience, and a minimum of 18 months working directly with haemodialysis patients. The successful candidate will need to be highly motivated, aspirational, and caring with a clear interest in promoting self-care dialysis. They will be able to work within our well established and growing home dialysis service, supporting both home haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients in the community.
They will be able to work autonomously and make independent decisions whilst contributing fully to the MDT. This is an excellent opportunity to gain further knowledge and experience within this speciality and further develop your clinical skills. There will be opportunities to develop autonomous practice, experiencing high level work and develop specialist skills with support from the renal MDT and specialist nursing team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work primarily within the relevant clinical field (Home Dialysis). The post holder is responsible for delivering immediate care to home dialysis patientsand will work primarily within the community in the patient's homes. The post holder will prioritise, assess, plan and evaluate care for these patients, will provide direct patient care and have detailed clinical knowledge of the specialist area. The post holder will assist the senior nurses in ensuring that high standards and quality of care are delivered and maintained.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Organisational Relationships
Patients on home dialysis and their families.
Patients considering a home dialysis therapy.
Patients training for home dialysis.
Clinical Nurse Leader/Modern Matron, Lead Nurse/Modern Matron, Senior and junior nurses within the department. Education Leads, Consultant and junior medical staff, Support and ancillary staff including nursing students.
Community Nursing Services, GPs and Social Services.
Clinical Governance team and teams of nursing specialists based in the hospital and outside the hospital setting.
All members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure a co-ordinated service is provided.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main Organisational Relationships
Patients on home dialysis and their families.
Patients considering a home dialysis therapy.
Patients training for home dialysis.
Clinical Nurse Leader/Modern Matron, Lead Nurse/Modern Matron, Senior and junior nurses within the department. Education Leads, Consultant and junior medical staff, Support and ancillary staff including nursing students.
Community Nursing Services, GPs and Social Services.
Clinical Governance team and teams of nursing specialists based in the hospital and outside the hospital setting.
All members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure a co-ordinated service is provided.
Person Specification
Essential and desirable
Essential
- Clinically competent in clinical area/speciality including Knowledge of both haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.
- Minimum of 3 years post registration experience in relevant clinical settings, including a minimum of 18 months working directly with haemodialysis patients.
- Good practical and theoretical knowledge of haemodialysis with well-established renal vascular access needling skills
- First level registration - RN (Adult).
- Good analytical and clinical decision-making skills.
- Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels. Able to relate well with patients, clients, relatives, visitors, colleagues, the multi-disciplinary team and wider Trust staff.
- Ability to develop a high level of autonomous practice.
- Competent driver (with 3 or less penalty points).
- Proven ability to problem solve.
- Effective organisational skills.
- Evidence of teaching assessing skills/ability.
- Time management skills.
Desirable
- Good practical and theoretical knowledge of Peritoneal dialysis.
- Evidence of advanced decision-making skills in both haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.
Person Specification
Essential and desirable
Essential
- Clinically competent in clinical area/speciality including Knowledge of both haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.
- Minimum of 3 years post registration experience in relevant clinical settings, including a minimum of 18 months working directly with haemodialysis patients.
- Good practical and theoretical knowledge of haemodialysis with well-established renal vascular access needling skills
- First level registration - RN (Adult).
- Good analytical and clinical decision-making skills.
- Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels. Able to relate well with patients, clients, relatives, visitors, colleagues, the multi-disciplinary team and wider Trust staff.
- Ability to develop a high level of autonomous practice.
- Competent driver (with 3 or less penalty points).
- Proven ability to problem solve.
- Effective organisational skills.
- Evidence of teaching assessing skills/ability.
- Time management skills.
Desirable
- Good practical and theoretical knowledge of Peritoneal dialysis.
- Evidence of advanced decision-making skills in both haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
