Clinical Nurse Specialist-Haemodialysis

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Specialist-Haemodialysis who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The Clinical Nurse Specialist will be a recognised expert in the specialty, responsible for assessing, developing and implementing specialist nursing care programmes and undertaking specialist nursing procedures.

The post holder will be responsible for providing specialist advice and support to, and liaising with, other staff. This includes the provision of specialist education and training for other staff and students responsible for implementing a clearly defined integrated approach to patient care encompassing new treatments and evidence based care. Required to undertake research and lead clinical audits in own specialist area.

In this role the post holder will be expected to work Twilight shifts to cover patients and to work weekends if clinically indicated.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

Assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating care, as an autonomous practitioner with specialist skills. Where applicable and qualified as a Nurse Independent Prescriber, prescribe any drugs within clinical competencies.

Provision of care through screening programmes, nurse-led clinics, accepting referrals, undertaking diagnostic procedures, undertaking therapeutic procedures, physical assessments and obtaining written consent to treatment.

Referring patients directly to specialists in other professions.

Providing expert specialist clinical advice for patients, carers and health care professionals.

Carrying a caseload, and responsibility for the management of complex cases.

Improving and maintaining standards of care within the specialty.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse educated to Degree level or willingness to undertake.
• Post registration qualification in renal specialty.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• Advanced clinical assessment.
• Non-medical prescribing.

Desirable criteria

• Teaching qualification.

Previous Experience

Essential criteria

• Significant experience in caring for patients requiring hemodialysis treatment
• Ability to act on own initiative with evidence of sound decision making abilities
• Involvement in audit/research and willingness to present findings at meetings and conferences.
• Knowledge in quality assurance of patient dialysis treatment

Skills

Essential criteria

• Physiological assessment of acutely unwell patients
• Ability to communicate effectively – excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage potentially difficult situations.
• Ability to plan, deliver and evaluate interventions and/or treatments.
• Ability to develop own skills and knowledge.
• Demonstrate a flexible approach, able to react to the changing needs of the department.
• Ability to liaise and work with the multidisciplinary team, making recommendations to enhance the smooth running and management of the unit.
• Ability to manage self and others in delivery of own work and related clinical outcomes to meet department expectations.
• Understand of patient pathways its complexities and how to support

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Patient focused – committed to ensuring a positive hospital experience for patients and the relatives/carers.
• Awareness of professional boundaries
• Knowledge of local and national health care initiatives/innovation to improve patient care, experience and safety.

Desirable criteria

• Understanding of critical care.
• Ability to support and mentor learners.
• Understanding of risk management, health and safety and other clinical governance issues.

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

• 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
• Role model our Trust values every day