Job summary
We are recruiting for a Nurse Team Leader who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
You will be joining a highly skilled renal team who are expert in delivering high quality care to renal patients. R.I.T.A - Renal Intervention and Treatment Area is based alongside the acute dialysis unit on level 6. RITA delivers outpatient care in areas such as access management, renal biopsy, non-oncology chemotherapy, iron infusions.
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.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will promote high standards of professional practice and high quality care delivery within the Trust and Department policies, protocols and guidelines.
You will work within the acute dialysis team providing RRT and plasma exchange to acute and chronic renal inpatients.
The post holder will also be involved in the RITA team where service need requires delivering and serving the large outpatient population.
You will also be required to be part of the renal nurse on call rota to ensure a seamless 24 hour service.
The successful candidate will sometimes need to deputise for the Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in their absence with regard to the operational management of clinical service delivery at unit level.
About us
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached documentation for more information regarding job description and main responsibilities of this role
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached documentation for more information regarding job description and main responsibilities of this role
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- First level nurse on Part 1 of the NMC register, educated to diploma level
- Relevant clinical post-registration education to include a recognised renal course and mentorship qualification.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development and commitment to lifelong learning.
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership training / development.
Previous Experience
Essential
- Significant experience caring for patients requiring renal nursing.
- Significant experience caring for inpatients in an acute setting requiring renal replacement therapy
Desirable
- Involvement in audit / research and willingness to present findings at meetings and conferences.
- Advanced skills in quality assurance of patient dialysis treatment.
- Experience of delivering plasma exchange
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively - excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Evidence of leadership and motivational skills, ability to lead and motivate a team.
- Demonstrates a flexible approach, able to react to the changing needs of the department.
- Ability to use negotiating skills in a positive manner to influence change within the department.
- Ability to liaise and work with the multidisciplinary team, making recommendations to enhance the smooth running and management of the unit.
- Excellent skills in performing HD via both AVF and RDC
Desirable
- Representing Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in their absence.
- Understanding of scheduling and capacity.
- Ability to manage self and others in delivery of own work and related clinical outcomes to meet department expectations.
Knowledge
Essential
- Has an understanding of managing a busy dialysis unit
- Awareness of current developments in pre and post registration nursing.
- Understanding of risk management, health and safety and other clinical governance issues.
- Knowledge of local and national health care initiatives / innovation to improve patient care, experience and safety
Desirable
- Competent person (risk assessor)
- Computer literate - relevant to renal department.
- Understanding of expenditure and budget management
Other Requirements
Essential
- Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
Desirable
- Motivated to take on increasing responsibilities within sphere of practice
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- First level nurse on Part 1 of the NMC register, educated to diploma level
- Relevant clinical post-registration education to include a recognised renal course and mentorship qualification.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development and commitment to lifelong learning.
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership training / development.
Previous Experience
Essential
- Significant experience caring for patients requiring renal nursing.
- Significant experience caring for inpatients in an acute setting requiring renal replacement therapy
Desirable
- Involvement in audit / research and willingness to present findings at meetings and conferences.
- Advanced skills in quality assurance of patient dialysis treatment.
- Experience of delivering plasma exchange
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively - excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Evidence of leadership and motivational skills, ability to lead and motivate a team.
- Demonstrates a flexible approach, able to react to the changing needs of the department.
- Ability to use negotiating skills in a positive manner to influence change within the department.
- Ability to liaise and work with the multidisciplinary team, making recommendations to enhance the smooth running and management of the unit.
- Excellent skills in performing HD via both AVF and RDC
Desirable
- Representing Senior Sister / Charge Nurse in their absence.
- Understanding of scheduling and capacity.
- Ability to manage self and others in delivery of own work and related clinical outcomes to meet department expectations.
Knowledge
Essential
- Has an understanding of managing a busy dialysis unit
- Awareness of current developments in pre and post registration nursing.
- Understanding of risk management, health and safety and other clinical governance issues.
- Knowledge of local and national health care initiatives / innovation to improve patient care, experience and safety
Desirable
- Competent person (risk assessor)
- Computer literate - relevant to renal department.
- Understanding of expenditure and budget management
Other Requirements
Essential
- Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
Desirable
- Motivated to take on increasing responsibilities within sphere of practice
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
