Registered Nurse - Strathmore Dialysis Unit

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Registered Nurse - Strathmore Dialysis Unit

The closing date is 17 June 2026

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

Strathmore Renal Unit was opened in 2025 as an extension of the services provided by the Renal Department enabling renal patients living in Hertfordshire to have their treatment closer to their hometown.

The Strathmore Renal Unit is providing an environment with state of the art IT systems and equipment. Post holders will be trained in the delivery of high quality patient care in a dialysis setting.

We have a dedicated education team to support you with your professional development. You can take part in masterclasses, e-learning modules, action learning and clinical competency assessments.

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

The post holder will be responsible for the care of patients undergoing dialysis, assessing individual patient care needs.

Develop, implement and evaluate plans of care for a group of patients dialyzing at an in centre or at our satellite units in accordance with agreed policies and professional guidelines.

In the absence of senior staff, taking responsibility for the delegation and supervision of appropriate work to other qualified staff, healthcare support workers and students. To work flexibly to meet the needs of the service and participate in the haemodialysis on call rota.

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

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 responsibilities

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

Person Specification Qualifications/Training

• Registered Nurse on part 1, part 2 or part 12 of the NMC register
• Commitment to lifelong learning
• Evidence of further education, training and ongoing learning
• Ability to produce updated personal professional portfolio
• Evidence of Assessing and Mentorship qualification
• Evidence of appropriate Specialist Qualification

Previous Experience

• Experience as qualified hemodialysis nurse
• Experience of mentoring junior/unqualified staff

Skills

• Evidence of good communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to work within multi-disciplinary team
• Good self awareness of professional limitation within NMC Code of Conduct
• Ability to prioritise workload and demonstrate good organisational skills
• Venipuncture and cannulation

Other Requirements

• Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity, and inclusion
• Role model our Trust values every day
• Awareness of strategies for maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors
• Flexibility around working hours with clinical and rotational shifts
• Knowledge of appropriate specialist nursing care requirements
• Resource management (awareness of budget/supplies)

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.

East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust