Job summary
The Renal CNS will deliver expert and timely clinical care for known kidney patients requiring non urgent assessment and intervention particularly those with dialysis vascular access problems (HD and PD). The Renal CNS will jointly manage the Rapid Assessment Unit (RAU) and Renal Day Case Unit on Patience Ward and facilitate smooth patient transitions if a patient needs to be admitted.
The RAU and Day case units are currently open Monday - Friday from 08:00 - 18:00, the successful candidate may be required to work at the weekends in the future.
Main duties of the job
The Renal Assessment Unit is a specialised ambulatory service catering to known Renal patients in need of urgent assessment and diagnosis with the aim to avoid an inpatient admission. The goal is to assess, diagnose, and treat patients within a four hour time frame
The inpatient registrar will provide medical oversight, whilst the CNS will collaborate closely with medical and nursing staff to ensure expert timely and high quality care delivery.
The RAU serves as the central hub for the kidney service, with the CNS overseeing bed availability and managing planning and unplanned admissions and discharges. All external referrals will be directed to the CNS.
The Day case Unit comprises of 5beds. Patients are booked in electively for Renal day procedures including infusions from home or from one of the inpatient wards.
The Renal CNS team will have a role with Renal inpatients with specific strategies to support the clinical complexities of the inpatient cohort i.e. supporting Patience Ward and Richard Bright staff with education and training, Increased knowledge of Peritoneal Dialysis and reviewing complex and long length of stay patients to ensure their Nursing care is optimised.
About us
The role sits within the Directorate of Transplant, Renal and Urology under the speciality of Renal. The successful candidate will be welcomed into the team and given the appropriate training to succeed in this vital role.
We offer a range of in-house training to enhance your clinical, research and managerial skills. The management team will support you to have a clear plan and support additional external training if required for your role, development and future career objectives.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The JD and main responsibilities for this role are but not exclusively:
Assessment, triage and treatment of Renal patients into RAU
Review and development of SOP for RAU, Inpatient PD support and Day case
Service improvement using Quality Improvement and research for Renal inpatients and Day case patients at GSTT.
Admission and treating patients in day case
Ownership of patient experience and associated action plans.
Line management duties for the band 3, 5 and 6 staff on Renal Day case
Please also see the attached detailed JD and expectations for a CNS at GSTT.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The JD and main responsibilities for this role are but not exclusively:
Assessment, triage and treatment of Renal patients into RAU
Review and development of SOP for RAU, Inpatient PD support and Day case
Service improvement using Quality Improvement and research for Renal inpatients and Day case patients at GSTT.
Admission and treating patients in day case
Ownership of patient experience and associated action plans.
Line management duties for the band 3, 5 and 6 staff on Renal Day case
Please also see the attached detailed JD and expectations for a CNS at GSTT.
Person Specification
Education and training
Essential
- Post graduate course in Renal
- Evidence of audit, research & evidence based care
- Advanced clinical, managerial and leadership skills in specialty.
- Mentorship course
Desirable
- Leadership course
- To have or working towards a masters degree
- To have or working towards a non medical physical assessment course
Professional Registration
Essential
- Registered Nurse on the NMC register.
Clinical and management experience
Essential
- Proven evidence of management / leadership skills and autonomous practice
- Evidence of teaching skills in particular teaching patients in how to manage their conditions and raise their awareness of their condition.
Desirable
- Extensive experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within the specialist area delivering effective patient focused care.
- Proven listening / counselling skills with the ability to manage complex situation and appropriately deliver sensitive and difficult outcomes.
Person Specification
Education and training
Essential
- Post graduate course in Renal
- Evidence of audit, research & evidence based care
- Advanced clinical, managerial and leadership skills in specialty.
- Mentorship course
Desirable
- Leadership course
- To have or working towards a masters degree
- To have or working towards a non medical physical assessment course
Professional Registration
Essential
- Registered Nurse on the NMC register.
Clinical and management experience
Essential
- Proven evidence of management / leadership skills and autonomous practice
- Evidence of teaching skills in particular teaching patients in how to manage their conditions and raise their awareness of their condition.
Desirable
- Extensive experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within the specialist area delivering effective patient focused care.
- Proven listening / counselling skills with the ability to manage complex situation and appropriately deliver sensitive and difficult outcomes.
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).
