Sister/Charge Nurse - Renal Dialysis Unit

Job overview

INTERNAL VACANCY

This post is for internal candidates to The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. If you are not currently working within The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.

An exciting opportunity for a 12 month Secondment for a Band 6 Sister/Charge Nurse has become available at our friendly Acute Renal unit at Shrewsbury Hospital.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated dialysis nurse who is interested in gaining management experience and developing their leadership skills.

Main duties of the job

On the Dialysis Unit we care for acute and chronic patients requiring dialysis. Inpatient dialysis is done on Ward 35.

We care for patients undergoing Haemodialysis and focus on holistic care, we also promote self-care, which enables and empowers our patients. Our aim is to provide a high quality standard of individualised care and treatment to patients with established renal failure within a safe and supportive environment by friendly, competently trained staff.

You will be expected to participate in the on call rota as we cover out of hours emergency dialysis with an on call team - this is a band 6 and a B4/5

Dialysis experience is essential, you will be supported to complete your band 6 competencies while developing your leadership skills.

Working for our organisation

Our patients are at the centre of everything that we do, we are looking for adynamic nurse to take over this role with a caring and compassionatenature to continue to develop our service and deliver the high standard of care that we offer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.